Softball Preview: Tellico Plains Bears vs. Roane County Yellowjackets
Tellico Plains is 0-3 against Roane County since April of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tellico Plains Bears will stay at home for another game and welcome the Roane County Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Tellico Plains' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Eagleton College & Career Academy 2-0. That's two games straight that Tellico Plains has won by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Roane County's offense. They lost 12-0 to Meigs County on Friday. The contest marked the first time this year in which Roane County was not able to get on the board.
Roane County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Irelyn Beaumia, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Tellico Plains pushed their record up to 10-5 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Roane County, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5.
Tellico Plains might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Roane County when the teams last played on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roane County's Sailor Presley, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Now that Tellico Plains knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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