For the second straight game, Beech will face off against Independence. The Buccaneers will host the Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing isn't great for Beech: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Independence has snatched up six consecutive wins on the road.
Beech is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Independence, who was ranked 17th at the time (Beech was ranked 23rd). The Buccaneers fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-0 on Friday. The shutout was out of character for the Buccaneers seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in April.
Independence is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Beech, their defeat dropped their record down to 25-18.
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