Baseball Game Preview: Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs vs. Decatur Central Hawks

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Previous Games

05/16/24 - Home	4-0 W
05/15/24 - Away	7-1 W
05/17/23 - Away	6-3 W
05/16/23 - Home	3-0 W
05/19/22 - Home	5-6 L
+ 5 more games

Franklin Community is 8-2 against Decatur Central since May of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Grizzly Cubs will host the Hawks at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Franklin Community 3.6, Decatur Central 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Franklin Community's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Center Grove hitters got past them. The Grizzly Cubs lost 11-1 to the Trojans on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Grizzly Cubs couldn't push the score so high this time.

Meanwhile, Decatur Central came up short against Cascade on Saturday and fell 5-1.

Zach Losito was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with four stolen bases and one run.

Franklin Community's loss dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Decatur Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.

Franklin Community beat Decatur Central 4-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Grizzly Cubs repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.