Baseball Game Preview: Sweetwater Wildcats vs. Maryville Christian Eagles

The Sweetwater Wildcats will face off against the Maryville Christian Eagles at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sweetwater is coming into the contest hot, having won their last eight games.

Sweetwater proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by eight) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Alcoa, sneaking past 7-5.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Maryville Christian, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Concord Christian on Friday. While the Eagles didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Noah Seiler made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

In other batting news, Tyler Davis was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024. Brody Street also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Sweetwater's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Maryville Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.

Everything went Sweetwater's way against Maryville Christian in their previous matchup back in May of 2022, as Sweetwater made off with a 12-2 win. Will Sweetwater repeat their success, or does Maryville Christian has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.