The Alcoa Tornadoes will challenge the Sweetwater Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Alcoa is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 15 games.
Alcoa's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Chuckey-Doak with a sharp 14-0 win. Considering the Tornadoes have won 18 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Kaylea Osborne
| 05/12/25 vs Chuckey-Doak | 8 |
| 05/06/25 vs Eagleton College & Career Academy | 11 |
| 04/30/25 vs Halls | 8 |
| 04/26/25 @ Powell | 5 |
| 04/26/25 @ Farragut | 5 |
| + 6 more games |
Kaylea Osborne looked comfortable as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Alcoa got a massive performance out of Halle Bailey, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Jablonski, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs.
Alcoa hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Sweetwater can now relate to. They fell 4-1 to the Yellowjackets on Wednesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Yellowjackets: they've now lost nine in a row.
Alcoa pushed their record up to 35-6-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Sweetwater, their loss dropped their record down to 21-6.
Alcoa beat Sweetwater 7-4 in their previous matchup back in April of 2021. Will the Tornadoes repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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