Baseball Recap: Franklin County falls despite strong effort from Garrett Kuntz

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 6:28pm

Baseball Recap: Franklin County Wildcats vs. Lawrenceburg Tigers

After a string of three wins, Franklin County's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 13-3 to the Lawrenceburg Tigers. Franklin County was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Lawrenceburg apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played last Monday.

Garrett Kuntz was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

On Lawrenceburg's side, they got a massive performance out of Nolan McLane, who went 4-for-4 with three stolen bases, two runs, and a triple. J.P. Izzo was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-4.

Franklin County's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Lawrenceburg, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.

Franklin County will be playing at home against Madison at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The last four games Madison has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Lawrenceburg, they will head out on the road to challenge East Central at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

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