The Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones will take on the Tennessee Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Elizabethton earned a 9-6 victory over David Crockett. The Fighting Cyclones have beaten the Pioneers the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Pioneers has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, it may have taken ten innings to finish the job, but Tennessee ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They came out on top against Unicoi County by a score of 8-5.
Tennessee is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Elizabethton, their victory bumped their record up to 17-10.
Elizabethton was able to grind out a solid win over Tennessee in their previous matchup on April 2nd, winning 4-0. Will the Fighting Cyclones repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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