Baseball Game Preview: Sale Creek Panthers vs. Copper Basin Cougars

For the second straight game, Sale Creek will face off against Copper Basin. The Panthers will be playing at home against the Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sale Creek has six straight wins, Copper Basin has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

It was a proper cat-fight when Sale Creek duked it out with Copper Basin on Monday. The Panthers were the clear victors by an 18-3 margin over the Cougars. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won seven contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Maverick McCary and Jackson McClendon made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, McCary pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, McClendon pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. McCary has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. At the plate, McCary scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while McClendon scored two runs while going 2-for-4. What's more, McCary posted two hits, the most he's had since back in March.

Dylan Cunningham

Doubles (Career)

04/14/25 @ Copper Basin	2
04/04/25 @ Midway	1
03/25/25 vs Priceville	1
03/03/25 vs Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences	1

In other batting news, Sale Creek got a massive performance out of Dylan Cunningham, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Cunningham a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Luke Cecil, who went 4-for-5 with four RBI and two doubles.

Sale Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .574. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Copper Basin only posted an OBP of .290.

Sale Creek pushed their record up to 13-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Copper Basin, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9-1.