Baseball Preview: Cocke County Fighting Cocks vs. Volunteer Falcons
The Cocke County Fighting Cocks are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Volunteer Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Cocke County is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
Cocke County will head into Monday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Pigeon Forge on Monday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the seven-point loss they were dealt on Friday. Cocke County fell just short of Pigeon Forge by a score of 9-7.
Trent Leas was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Sway Holt was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Volunteer fell victim to a rough 13-1 defeat at the hands of Greeneville on Monday.
Volunteer saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Haynes, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Haynes has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Cocke County dropped their record down to 10-11 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Volunteer, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-12.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cocke County has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Volunteer struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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