Baseball Recap: Unicoi County Comes Up Short

Blue Devils

Previous 5 Games

05/15/25 @ Anderson County	1-2
05/14/25 @ Anderson County	2-0
05/10/25 vs Grainger	8-3
05/10/25 vs Elizabethton	6-4
05/09/25 vs Greeneville	3-9

Unicoi County dropped their record down to 20-12 on Thursday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the Anderson County Mavericks by a score of 2-1. The Blue Devils were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Mavericks earlier this season, when they won 2-0.

As for Anderson County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 30-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games.

For Anderson County's part, the team relied heavily on Trent Strickland, who went 2-for-4 with one home run.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Mavericks beat Unicoi County by a score of 6-5 later that day.