The Ooltewah Owls will square off against the McMinn Central Chargers at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Ooltewah sitting on six straight wins and McMinn Central on five.
If Ooltewah beats McMinn Central with 12 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Owls beat East Hamilton on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-2. The Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but McMinn Central ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Lenoir City 11-10.
The team relied heavily on Devon Paxton, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Corbyn Frisbie was another key player, going 2-for-5 with three RBI and one double.
McMinn Central's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-9. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ooltewah, their win bumped their record up to 17-8-1.
Ooltewah beat McMinn Central 14-11 in their previous matchup back in March of 2015. Will the Owls repeat their success, or do the Chargers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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