Baseball Preview: Frankfort Falcons vs. Keyser Golden Tornado
The Frankfort Falcons will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Keyser Golden Tornado at 6:00 p.m. Frankfort is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Frankfort had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Central Davidson.
Blake Jacobs was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base. Jacob Nething was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Keyser waltzed into their contest on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They beat the Vikings by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 13-1. Keyser might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four games by six runs or more this season.
Patrick Liller was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Davy, who scored three runs while going 1-for-1.
Frankfort's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Keyser, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Frankfort hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Keyser struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Frankfort came up short against Keyser in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 6-2. Can Frankfort avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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