Baseball Game Preview: Hebron Christian Lions vs. Franklin County Lions

For the second straight game, Hebron Christian will face off against Franklin County. Hebron Christian will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Franklin County at 6:00 p.m. Hebron Christian will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.

Fans were treated to a battle of the Lions on Wednesday. Hebron Christian fell just short of Franklin County by a score of 12-11. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (ten), Hebron Christian still had to take the loss.

Dean Livingston

Runs

03/19/25 vs Hart County	3
04/16/25 @ Franklin County	2
03/21/25 @ Hart County	2
03/17/25 @ Hart County	2
03/11/25 vs East Jackson	2
+ 15 more games

Dean Livingston stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he went 1-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Hebron Christian's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 9-2 (and 6-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Demitri Watts, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two RBI, and one double.

Franklin County has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.1 runs on average over those games. As for Hebron Christian, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 15-13.