Baseball Recap: Cleveland Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Cleveland came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Ooltewah Owls as they made off with a 14-6 victory. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Ethan Guy looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Cleveland got a big performance out of River Briggs, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Briggs has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonas Ernest, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Blue Raiders

On Base Percentage

05/08/25 vs Ooltewah	62.5%
05/04/25 vs Rhea County	44.7%
05/01/25 vs Rhea County	50%
04/25/25 vs Notre Dame	33.3%
04/23/25 vs Red Bank	38.9%
+ 53 more games

Cleveland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.

Cleveland pushed their record up to 27-8 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.9 runs over those games. As for Ooltewah, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 21-12-1.

As of now, neither Cleveland nor the Owls have any future games scheduled.