Baseball Recap: Greenwood Comes Up Short

By Team Reports May 18, 2025, 3:15am

Baseball Recap: Greenwood Woodmen vs. Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs

Greenwood extended their losing streak to eight on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 4-15 in the process. They lost 11-3 to the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Grizzly Cubs this season, with their most recent loss being a 5-2 defeat on Thursday.

Ethan King

Runs Batted In

04/21/25 vs Indianapolis Kings6
05/15/25 @ Franklin Community3
04/16/25 @ Martinsville3
04/28/25 vs Indian Creek2
05/07/25 @ Mooresville1
+ 3 more games

Ethan King was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three RBI. He has become a key player for Greenwood: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three RBI, but 2-14 otherwise.

As for Franklin Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games.

On Franklin Community's side, they got a massive performance out of Landen Basey, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with five stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those five stolen bases gave Basey a new career-high. Nash Netter was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.

Greenwood has already played their next matchup (against Warren Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Franklin Community, they have also already played their next game, an 11-1 loss against Center Grove on the 16th.

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