Sycamore is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Cookeville is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The War Eagles will take on the Cavaliers in a tournament on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Sycamore is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Dickson County with a sharp 15-7 victory on Thursday.
Sycamore got a massive performance out of Nathaniel Batson, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI and two runs. Those three RBI gave Batson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Jones, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and two RBI.
Sycamore always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .615. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Cookeville made easy work of Smyrna on Wednesday and carried off a 15-3 win. The Cavaliers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Cookeville let Ty Harrison and KJ Anderson run wild. Harrison got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and one stolen base, while Anderson got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, four runs, and one RBI. David Owen was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Cookeville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Sycamore, their win bumped their record up to 12-7.
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