The Roane County Yellowjackets will head out to square off against the Oliver Springs Bobcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Roane County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Roane County fell victim to McMinn Central and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 1-0 to the Chargers, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Yellowjackets haven't had much luck with the Chargers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Oliver Springs had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Royals. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bobcats have posted since March 18, 2024.
Roane County's defeat dropped their record down to 13-6-1. As for Oliver Springs, their win bumped their record up to 10-5.
Everything went Roane County's way against Oliver Springs in their previous meeting back in March, as Roane County made off with a 14-0 victory. Will the Yellowjackets repeat their success, or do the Bobcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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