Baseball Recap: Eagleton College & Career Academy Comes Up Short

Royals

Previous 5 Games

04/16/25 vs Heritage	2-15
04/15/25 vs Oneida	13-5
04/14/25 @ Oneida	5-4
04/11/25 vs Cumberland County	5-4
04/08/25 vs Alcoa	0-10

Eagleton College & Career Academy dropped their record down to 12-10-1 on Wednesday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins. They lost 15-2 to the Heritage Mountaineers. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, the Royals couldn't push the score so high this time.

As for Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games.

For Heritage's part, Madden McNeil spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up eight Ks. McNeil has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gaven French, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Hughes, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Coming up, Eagleton College & Career Academy will head out to square off against Pigeon Forge at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Tigers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so the Royals' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Heritage, they have already played their next game, an 11-1 defeat against Maryville on the 17th.