Baseball Preview: Plum Mustangs vs. Franklin Regional Panthers
Plum is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Franklin Regional is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Plum Mustangs will take on the Franklin Regional Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Plum: 3.4, Franklin Regional: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Plum is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Pine-Richland on Wednesday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams.
Plum saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Erik Streussnig, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Franklin Regional came up short against Kiski Area on Thursday and fell 7-2.
Luke Williams was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
Plum's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Franklin Regional, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 9-5.
Everything went Plum's way against Franklin Regional when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Plum made off with an 8-2 win. Will Plum repeat their success, or does Franklin Regional have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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