2 Second Inning Runs Hold Up For Hurricanes For 3-1 Win

Chattanooga, TN -- On 3/18./25, the Rhea County High School baseball team traveled to East Hamilton High School for baseball on a beautiful night. East Hamilton won 7-2 over the Rhea County Junior Varsity to start the night off. The varsity game was a pitchers duel with only 4 hits and 4 runs total by both teams. East Hamilton had a 2 run second inning and Rhea County could only manage 1 run in the 4th inning. East Hamilton had added a run in the 4th inning for the final margin 3-1.

Levi Love and Jim Cunningham combined for six innings of 3 hit ball, but the trio of Liam Hughes, Griffin Phillips and Whitner combined for 1 hit, 1 run pitching for the Hurricanes. Corydon Butler had the lone hit for the Eagles. East Hamilton scored their first two runs in the second inning. Whitner on base with single, scored on a throw home on a hit by Husky. A pinch runner later scored when Eagles threw down to second on a steal and then the throw home was late for the second run of the game. Corydon Butler beat out an infield hit in the third and later scored on a Halston Shaver sacrifice fly for Eagles lone run for the game in the top of the fourth inning. The Hurricanes added one last run in the bottom of the 5th inning.