Johnson City, TN… The NRV Tigers 18U summer travel baseball squad won two games, lost one and tied one this past weekend. The games were part of East Tenn. St. showcase.

The Tigers got off to slow start as they lost Friday to the Tenn. Longhorns 4-1. The Tigers got a good performance on the mound by Auburn’s Taylor Newcome but their bats didn’t perform, as they left 12 men on base and only had three hits.

Saturday the Tigers got on the winning track as they beat the Morristown Senators 7-0. Brody Luckey got the pitching win as he tossed three innings and allowed just two hits. Fort Chiswell’s Leighton Dunford then pitched three innings and he didn’t give up any hits. Newcome knocked in three, Shawn Campbell had two RBI, as Nick Funk and Carter Plunkett had RBI each.

The Tigers would face the Known New Balance team. New Balance hadn’t given a run in their first two games, as well as hadn’t allowed a hit. The Tigers found themselves up 5-3 but a couple of errors allowed New Balance to tie the game in their last at-bat as the time limit ended the game in a tie.

Newcome once again pitched extremely well, going four innings. Campbell had three runs knocked in. Plunkett had an RBI as well as Pulaski Co. Cougar Logan Burchett.

The last game the Tigers played was on Sunday as they handled Tir-Cities Titans 6-5. Nick Funk scored twice and Campbell once in the victory. Funk and Campbell both scored runs. Grayson Co.’s Campbell got the win on the mound as he tossed three innings.

NRV Tigers head coach Todd Davis remarked, “We started slowly Friday. Our bats left to many guys on base. I thought Newcome (Taylor), Campbell( Shawn), Luckey( Brody) and Dunford ( Leighton) pitched well for us this weekend.” Davis then said, ” We played some very talented teams here. The New Balance team hadn’t allowed a run or hit in their first two games. Campbell, Newcome, and Funk had some good productive at-bats for us.”

Taylor Newcome, Shawn Campbell both had four hits and Nick Funk three in leading the Tigers. Campbell had six RBI, and Newcome three. Funk scored five runs and Campbell three for the weekend.

The Tigers will be back in action July 12-14 as they play at Va.Tech. Game times haven’t been announced as of now.