The Ooltewah Owls are taking a road trip to square off against the McMinn Central Chargers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Ooltewah knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully McMinn Central likes a good challenge.
Ooltewah's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Howard Tech with a sharp 18-0 victory. The Owls haven't had any issues with the Hustlin' Tigers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, McMinn Central waltzed into their game on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Lions.
McMinn Central got a great performance from Evan James as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. James also tossed two walks, marking his first of the season.
At the plate, Hunter Rayburn and Ayden Plemons did most of the damage at the plate: Rayburn went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double, while Plemons scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. That triple marked the first that Rayburn hit this season.
McMinn Central's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-8. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Ooltewah, their win bumped their record up to 14-8-1.
Ooltewah was able to grind out a solid victory over McMinn Central when the teams last played back in March of 2015, winning 14-11. Will the Owls repeat their success, or do the Chargers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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