The Mitchell Mountaineers will challenge the Unicoi County Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Mitchell can't be too happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season away from home on Tuesday. They fell just short of Patton by a score of 4-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Mountaineers in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Mitchell got a good showing from Riley Silver, who pitched three innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits Silver has allowed since back in March of 2025.
At the plate, Mitchell saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was AJ Mackey, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, while Unicoi County put up plenty of runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Gatlinburg-Pittman. The Blue Devils were the clear victors by an 11-0 margin over the Highlanders. The Blue Devils not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 18, 2025 (when they won 27-0).
Mitchell couldn't quite finish off Unicoi County when the teams last played back in April of 2025 and fell 4-2. Can the Mountaineers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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