The Clarksville Wildcats will challenge the Lincoln Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Clarksville is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Clarksville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Riverdale, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Clarksville was ranked third). Clarksville walked away with a 6-1 win over Riverdale on Saturday. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly five runs.
Braden Taylor
| 03/08/25 @ Riverdale | 5 |
| 03/03/25 vs Clarksville Academy | 5 |
| 02/25/25 vs Station Camp | 6 |
Clarksville got a great performance from Braden Taylor as he pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Taylor has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Clarksville's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Korbin Reynolds, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI. Kirk Weatherford was another, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lincoln unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 9-3 to Lewisburg.
Lincoln also got a good showing from Cole Annin, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Those hits marked the first that Annin allowed this season.
Clarksville pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lincoln, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Clarksville has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Lincoln struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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