The Signal Mountain Eagles will take on the Walker Valley Mustangs in a tournament on Saturday. Signal Mountain is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Signal Mountain beat Wilson 4-1.
Porter Jones looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
At the plate, Benjamin Dotson was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Brady Timblin, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Signal Mountain hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wilson struck out ten times.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Walker Valley). They blew past Chattanooga Central 13-2 on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Pounders: they've now won three in a row.
Signal Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. The victory got Walker Valley back to even at 6-6.
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