Baseball Preview: Tellico Plains Bears vs. Maryville Christian Eagles
The Tellico Plains Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Maryville Christian Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tellico Plains will be strutting in after a victory while Maryville Christian will be coming in after a loss.
While Tellico Plains has not struggled against Polk County recently, they managed to flip the script on Wednesday. Tellico Plains came out on top against Polk County by a score of 8-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Peyton Dodson made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Dodson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Tellico Plains let Cole Kirkland and Darren McJunkin loose on the outfield. Kirkland scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while McJunkin got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylan Saffles, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Maryville Christian's 29-9 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They fell 5-1 to Washburn on Friday. Maryville Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tellico Plains' win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-11. As for Maryville Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
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