Baseball Game Preview: Sweetwater Wildcats vs. Tellico Plains Bears

The Sweetwater Wildcats will take on the Tellico Plains Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Sweetwater's favor as the team sits on ten straight wins at home while Tellico Plains has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.

On Friday, it was close, but Sweetwater sidestepped Loudon for a 4-2 victory.

Meanwhile, Tellico Plains came into Thursday's matchup having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Robbinsville 13-3 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won six contests by ten runs or more so far this season.

Cole Dodson looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just two earned runs but no hits.

On the hitting side, John Broad and Rylan Woods did most of the damage at the plate: Broad went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Woods scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Those four RBI gave Broad a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Dawson Edwards, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.

Tellico Plains always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Robbinsville only posted an OBP of .391.

Sweetwater has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.1 runs over those games. As for Tellico Plains, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.

Everything went Sweetwater's way against Tellico Plains in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as Sweetwater made off with a 10-0 win. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.