The Honaker Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Rural Retreat Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Honaker is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Chilhowie on Tuesday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 7-1. The matchup marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rural Retreat). They blew past Holston 13-3 on Monday. The Indians haven't had any issues with the Cavaliers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Trever Shelton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Shelton was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Rural Retreat is undefeated when Shelton posts two or more runs, but 3-6-1 otherwise.
In other batting news, Rural Retreat let Jay Snavely and Eli Poole run wild. Snavely went 1-for-3 with four runs, two RBI, and one double, while Poole went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those four runs gave Snavely a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Brody Childers, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs.
Honaker's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Rural Retreat, the win got them back to even at 6-6-1.
Honaker came out on top in a nail-biter against Rural Retreat when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 5-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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