Baseball Preview: Plainfield Quakers vs. Center Grove Trojans
The Plainfield Quakers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Center Grove Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Plainfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Plainfield fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Greenwood on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Woodmen by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that Plainfield has lost by just one run.
Gavin Lykins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. Alex Holsclaw was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Center Grove faced McCutcheon in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Center Grove came out on top against McCutcheon by a score of 7-2. The victory was familiar territory for Center Grove who now have four in a row.
Brendan Ealy looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Noah Coy was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three stolen bases, and three runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Bush, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Plainfield and nudges their season record down to 13-12. As for Center Grove, they pushed their record up to 25-2 with that win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Plainfield has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Center Grove struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Plainfield couldn't quite finish off Center Grove when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 9-7. Thankfully for Plainfield, Caden Cornett (who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six 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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