Baseball Game Preview: Grant Cougars vs. Franklin Parish Patriots

The Grant Cougars will take on the Franklin Parish Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Grant is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Wossman on Tuesday as they made off with a 21-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Cougars considering their two-run performance the match before.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Franklin Parish, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They never let Peabody get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Tuesday. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.

Franklin Parish is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Grant, their victory ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 6-20.

Grant might still be hurting after the 15-5 loss they got from Franklin Parish in their previous meeting on Thursday. Will the Cougars have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.