EAGLES DROP A PAIR IN TENNESSEE

EAGLEVILLE, Tennessee –

Since 2017, the Hubbard Eagles Varsity Baseball program has made a habit of traveling south for some warm weather action. With a combined record of 5-5 from their first two years, the Eagles have faced teams from the home state of the Viking Classic, Tennessee, as well as clubs from Indiana, West Virginia, and even a fellow team from the Buckeye State.

HUBBARD VS EAGLEVILLE

Coming in with an all-time record of 2-3 against Tennessee teams, the Eagles kicked off their trip with a matchup against one of the host teams of the Viking Classic, the Eagleville Eagles (3-4).Apart of the 2019 Class A State playoffs, Eaglevilleput the ball into the hands of their senior pitcher and University of Tennessee commit, Logan Kimberlin.

Trailing early by a run, Hubbard senior Albert Gerlick continued his impressive start to the season, bringing in his 4th RBI on the year and tying things up at 1 apiece.

From there the Eagles would score two more runs on the game, including a base hit off of the bat of sophomore Jake Hettrick to bring in senior Tristan Adamson. Unfortunately, 3 runs wouldn’t be enough to earn the Eagles their second victory of the season. The Eagleville Eagles would pick up the victory due to the time limit, 4-3 in the 6th inning.

HUBBARD VS COMMUNITY

Trying to avoid dropping their second game in a row, Hubbard would take on a familiar foe in the Community Vikings (8-1). Over two years ago, Hubbard and Community faced off in the second leg of a double header for the Eagles, in which the first pitch didn’t come until after midnight.

Hubbard came out victorious in that midnight matchup, but they couldn’t replicate the same success tonight. Through the first two innings, the teams combined for 4 total runs and by the end of the game hit a final tally of 17. Needing to keep arms fresh for the rest of the weekend, Hubbard used 3 different pitchers in this matchup, all seeing their first action at the varsity level.Hubbard’s offense was not enough to overcome their inexperience on the mound, as the Eagle’s dropped their second game of the day due to time limit in the 6th inning, 7-10.

UP NEXT:

Finishing the day with a record of 0–2, Hubbard will head back to the hotel and rest up before another double header tomorrow. The Eagles will take on Grundy County (3-3) and Sequatchie County (4-5) at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm, respectively, at Cannon County High School.

*Contributed by YSN’s Jamie Thomson