Baseball Game Preview: Greenback Cherokees vs. Rockwood Tigers

Greenback has gone a perfect 10-0 against Rockwood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Greenback Cherokees will welcome the Rockwood Tigers at 6:00 p.m.

Greenback's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Rockwood 18-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cherokees.

JJ Caudill made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, going 4-for-5 with three RBI and one double.

Branson Black

Hits (Career)

03/10/25 @ Rockwood	3
03/19/24 vs Copper Basin	2
04/19/24 @ Loudon	1
03/21/24 @ McMinn Central	1

In other batting news, Branson Black was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with five RBI, three doubles, and one run. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Noah Graves, who went 3-for-4 with five RBI and one double.

Rockwood is on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2. As for Greenback, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.

Everything went Greenback's way against Rockwood in their previous meeting on Monday, as Greenback made off with an 18-0 victory. Will Greenback repeat their success, or does Rockwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.