Knoxville Catholic has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the McCallie Blue Tornado on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Knoxville Catholic made easy work of Chattanooga Christian and carried off a 10-2 victory.
Meanwhile, McCallie entered their tilt with Webb with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over the Spartans on Monday.
McCallie saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Porter, who went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Knoxville Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 20-15 record this season. As for McCallie, they pushed their record up to 23-11 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Knoxville Catholic suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to McCallie when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McCallie's Zachary Murray, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Now that Knoxville Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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