The Cocke County Fighting Cocks will venture away from home to square off against the Chuckey-Doak Black Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cocke County gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They blew past Cherokee 16-2.
Meanwhile, Chuckey-Doak got the win against North Greene on Monday by a conclusive 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Black Knights, who have now won eight games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Jake Hinkle was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. Hinkle was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on James Seidl, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.
Cocke County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Chuckey-Doak, their record is now 14-10.
Cocke County skirted past Chuckey-Doak 3-2 in their previous matchup on April 3rd. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fighting Cocks since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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