The Greenback Cherokees will head out on the road to face off against Central Magnet at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenback is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.1 runs per game this season.
Greenback is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 19 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Tellico Plains on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bears. It was the first time this season that the Cherokees let down their fans at home.
Greenback saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen O'Donnell, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Meanwhile, Central Magnet owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They came out on top against Tellico Plains by a score of 6-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Elijah Bonner made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Bonner was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double.
In other batting news, Braylon Dowell and Mitchell Coons did most of the damage at the plate: Dowell scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Coons went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple was Coons' first of the season.
Central Magnet's record now sits at 4-7. As for Greenback, the defeat was their first at home , dropping their record down to 7-2.
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