The Sweetwater Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Alcoa Tornadoes on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Sweetwater 2, Alcoa 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Sweetwater heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Wednesday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Roane County. The Wildcats have struggled against the Yellowjackets recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Alcoa had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Wednesday. They didn't even let the Royals on the board, marking their second-straight 14-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tornadoes, who have now won 19 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Alcoa's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 37-6. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Sweetwater, their loss dropped their record down to 21-6.
Sweetwater came up short against Alcoa in their previous matchup back in April of 2021, falling 7-4. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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