Baseball Preview: Buckeye Trail Warriors vs. Strasburg-Franklin Tigers
Buckeye Trail has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Buckeye Trail will make a triumphant return home after picking up their first road victory of the season at Caldwell expense on Saturday. Buckeye Trail suffered a rough 13-3 defeat at the hands of Caldwell. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Buckeye Trail in their matchups with Caldwell: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Strasburg-Franklin can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Malvern a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Strasburg-Franklin.
Bradyn Whitman tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Caden Dugan and Drew Lancaster did most of the damage at the plate: Dugan scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Lancaster scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter McKenzie, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Buckeye Trail's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Strasburg-Franklin, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-7.
Buckeye Trail beat Strasburg-Franklin 10-5 when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Will Buckeye Trail repeat their success, or does Strasburg-Franklin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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