Baseball Recap: Shelby Valley Snaps Three-Game Streak of Wins at Home

Shelby Valley lost against Lawrence County back in April of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Shelby Valley Wildcats fell 13-8 to the Lawrence County Bulldogs.

Brock Damron was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Damron was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Lincoln Taylor and Riley Newsome did some serious damage despite the final result: Taylor went 3-for-4 with one RBI, while Newsome scored three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Shelby Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.33 runs across that stretch. As for Lawrence County, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.

Coming up, Shelby Valley is taking a road trip to challenge East Carter at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Lawrence County, they will take on Blazer at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.