Baseball: Oak Ridge off to hot start thanks to pitching, depth

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Oak Ridge’s Luken Baker has eight hits in 11 at-bats so far this season.

Oak Ridge coach Mike Pirtle knew coming into the season that depth would be one of the War Eagles’ biggest strengths. That theory hasn’t failed yet, and his team is off to a sparkling 5-0 start. Oak Ridge opened its 2014 campaign with a 3-1 victory over Kingwood Park on Feb. 17 and went undefeated in four contests this past weekend at its own War Eagle Classic. click here for complete story and photo gallery