The Tellico Plains Bears will be playing at home against the Robbinsville Black Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tellico Plains will be strutting in after a victory while Robbinsville will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, everything went Tellico Plains' way against McMinn Central as Tellico Plains made off with a 7-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Tellico Plains.
The team relied heavily on Kalli Yates-matoy, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Skyler Day, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Robbinsville had to settle for a 9-8 loss against A.C. Reynolds on Wednesday. Robbinsville has not had much luck with A.C. Reynolds recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Robbinsville got a massive performance out of Zoie Shuler, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Shuler is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's stolen at least one every time she's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Suri (Money) Watty, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Robbinsville hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Tellico Plains' victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Robbinsville, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2.
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