Baseball Preview: Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs vs. Columbus North Bull Dogs
Franklin Community is 1-8 against Columbus North since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs are on the road again to play the Columbus North Bull Dogs at 6:00 p.m. Columbus North took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Franklin Community, who comes in off a win.
On Saturday, Franklin Community got the win against Roncalli by a conclusive 10-3.
Greyson Betts made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Betts has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Betts was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
In other batting news, Tyler Jones was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Carsten Bland, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Columbus North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Cathedral by a score of 3-2.
Columbus North saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Hensley, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Franklin Community has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Columbus North, their loss dropped their record down to 17-7.
Franklin Community came up short against Columbus North in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 6-3. Thankfully for Franklin Community, Luke Harmon (who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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