Baseball Game Preview: Plum Hits the Road

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 4:44am

Baseball Preview: Plum Mustangs vs. Franklin Regional Panthers

Plum is 9-0 against Franklin Regional since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Plum Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Franklin Regional Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Plum's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Franklin Regional's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Plum took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They walked away with a 7-4 win over Franklin Regional.

Michael Tedrick looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits every time he's pitched this season.

At the plate, Colin Watson was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases and two RBI. Sean Franzi was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

Plum has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Franklin Regional, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-6.

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