The Maryville Red Rebels will square off against the Knoxville Central Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Maryville 3.5, Knoxville Central 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Maryville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Farragut on Tuesday. They came up short against the Admirals, falling 7-1. The Red Rebels have struggled against the Admirals recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Maryville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reilly Saunders, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Macey Hemphill also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, Knoxville Central made sure to put some runs up on the board against Campbell County on Tuesday. The Bobcats put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 13-3 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bobcats, who have now won six games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Knoxville Central has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Maryville, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6.
Everything went Maryville's way against Knoxville Central in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Maryville made off with an 11-1 victory. Do the Red Rebels have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bobcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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