Baseball Recap: Cumberland Gap Has No Trouble Against Pineville

After low-scoring totals in their previous five game, Cumberland Gap brought some dynamite into their most recent matchup. They put the hurt on the Pineville Mountain Lions with a sharp 18-6 win on Wednesday. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Mountain Lions recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.

Tate Murphy

Batters Struck Out

04/23/25 vs Pineville	7
04/17/25 @ Bell County	1
04/14/25 @ Anderson County	0
04/07/25 @ Gibbs	3
04/05/25 vs Thomas Walker	3
+ 2 more games

Tate Murphy made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with three runs. Cumberland Gap is 10-1 when Murphy posts two or more runs, but 1-14 otherwise.

In other batting news, Cumberland Gap got a massive performance out of Hudson Harris, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and two doubles. That's the most hits Harris has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Noah Meyer, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Cumberland Gap was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .524. They are 3-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Cumberland Gap's record now sits at 11-15. As for Pineville, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-9 record.

Cumberland Gap does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Pineville, they will square off against Middlesboro at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The Mountain Lions are facing the Yellowjackets at the right time seeing as the Yellowjackets are stuck on an 11-game losing streak.