Baseball Game Preview: Strasburg-Franklin on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 4:13am

Baseball Preview: Strasburg-Franklin Tigers vs. Buckeye Trail Warriors

Strasburg-Franklin and Buckeye Trail are an even 4-4 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. The Strasburg-Franklin Tigers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Buckeye Trail Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Strasburg-Franklin will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.

On Monday, Strasburg-Franklin earned a 5-2 victory over Newcomerstown.

Strasburg-Franklin got a great performance from Bradyn Whitman as he tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.

At the plate, Strasburg-Franklin's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Drew Lancaster, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Avery Keffer was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Buckeye Trail won against Strasburg-Franklin on Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Buckeye Trail walked away with a 4-1 victory over Cambridge. The win made it back-to-back victories for Buckeye Trail.

Strasburg-Franklin is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Buckeye Trail, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.

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