Baseball Game Preview: Cave Spring Knights vs. Hidden Valley Titans

The Cave Spring Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Hidden Valley Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Cave Spring fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Blacksburg on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bruins by a score of 4-3. Knights fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Bruins since on Monday.

Cave Spring saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Lee, who went 2-for-5 with one run. Matthew Blankenship also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Hidden Valley came out on top against Pulaski County on Monday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run seventh inning. The Titans won by a run and slipped past the Cougars 6-5. The victory continues a trend for the Titans in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won four in a row.

Wyatt Clarke was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one triple and one run.

Hidden Valley's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Cave Spring, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-10.

Cave Spring suffered a grim 15-7 defeat to Hidden Valley in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.