Baseball Game Preview: Oak Ridge War Eagles vs. Caney Creek Panthers

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Previous Games

04/20/24 - Away	9-2 W
04/19/24 - Home	5-0 W
04/22/23 - Home	3-2 W
04/21/23 - Away	10-0 W
02/24/17 - Home	13-1 W
+ 2 more games

Oak Ridge has gone a perfect 7-0 against Caney Creek recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The War Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Oak Ridge's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Caney Creek's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Oak Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Willis 14-7 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the War Eagles have posted against the Wildkats since March 18, 2022.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Caney Creek duked it out with Conroe on Friday. The Panthers lost 7-1 to the Tigers. The Panthers have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.

Oak Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-9-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Caney Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.

Everything went Oak Ridge's way against Caney Creek in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Oak Ridge made off with a 9-2 victory. Will the War Eagles repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.