Friday, May 8, 2026 · Covenant Health Park · Final

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39-60 · L10 6-4

1–8
Knoxville Smokies logo Knoxville Smokies

53-46 · L10 5-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
BIR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
KNX 0 0 1 7 0 0 X 8 1 2
WP Marino Santy (2-2) LP Christian Oppor (0-4)

Stars of the game

Brooks Caple Jacob Heatherly Owen Ayers

Season matchup

KNX leads 7 of 8 categories

BIR Metric KNX
Offense
5.15 17th Runs scored per game 4.90 24th
Pitching
5.96 29th Runs allowed per game 4.72 3rd
Roster
24.4 15th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 24.7 10th
Results
.394 28th Winning percentage .535 9th
-80 26th Run differential 18 12th
.434 26th Pythagorean winning percentage .517 12th
.333 30th Winning percentage in one-run games .594 6th
.438 26th Home winning percentage .519 17th
.353 28th Road winning percentage .556 7th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Samuel Zavala CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .216 .701
2 Jacob Burke LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .254 .704
3 Alec Briley 1B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255 .821
4 Wilfred Veras DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .631
5 Jeral Perez 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .180 .563
6 Andy Weber 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .239 .677
7 Drake Logan RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .232 .723
8 Jorge Corona C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .215 .659
9 Jason Matthews SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .900
Team 24 1 4 0 1 4 11 .167 .494
LOB:
15
2B:
Briley
CS:
Weber
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Christian Oppor L 3.0 0 5 5 7 1 0 77-31 9.49 2.19
Jared Kelley 1.0 1 3 3 3 2 0 33-15 12.06 2.49
Jacob Heatherly 2.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 31-21 6.26 2.04
Team 6.0 1 8 8 10 9 0 141-67 12.00 1.83

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Carter Trice CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .246 .761
2 Jordan Nwogu LF 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .268 .739
3 Jefferson Rojas SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .275 .806
4 Andy Garriola RF 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .263 .848
5 Owen Ayers C 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 .304 1.009
6 Edgar Alvarez DH 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .183 .667
7 Hayden Cantrelle 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .298 .837
8 Ethan Hearn 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 .198 .590
9 Devin Ortiz 3B 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 .141 .476
Team 19 8 1 0 7 10 9 .053 .558
LOB:
12
3B:
Ayers
SB:
Ayers, Hearn, Ortiz
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Brooks Caple 3.2 2 0 0 2 6 0 78-51 3.56 1.06
Marino Santy W 2.1 2 1 1 1 4 0 39-23 2.04 1.24
Tyler Ras 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20-11 2.68 1.27
Team 7.0 4 1 1 4 11 0 137-85 1.29 1.14