The Rural Retreat Indians will face off against the Honaker Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rural Retreat will be strutting in after a victory while Honaker will be coming in after a loss.
Rural Retreat is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Holston with a sharp 13-3 win on Monday. The Indians haven't had any issues with the Cavaliers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Trever Shelton made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Shelton was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Rural Retreat's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-6-1 when he doesn't).
Jay Snavely
| 04/28/25 vs Holston | 4 |
| 03/28/25 @ Eastside | 3 |
| 04/09/25 vs George Wythe | 2 |
| 04/15/25 @ Honaker | 1 |
| 03/18/25 vs Auburn | 1 |
In other batting news, Rural Retreat let Jay Snavely and Eli Poole run wild. Snavely went 1-for-3 with four runs, two RBI, and one double, while Poole went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those four runs gave Snavely a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jake Rollyson, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Honaker was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They lost 7-1 to Chilhowie. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Warriors: they've now lost nine in a row.
Honaker's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Rural Retreat, the win got them back to even at 6-6-1.
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