Baseball Preview: Titusville Rockets vs. Franklin Knights
The Titusville Rockets will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Franklin Knights at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Titusville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Oil City on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Oilers by a score of 3-2.
Brett Schmidt spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Nate Stearns and Ian McDonald stepped up to the plate in a big way. Stearns went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI, while McDonald went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI. Stearns has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Franklin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 18-3 to Sharpsville.
Franklin saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Kockler, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Titusville's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Franklin, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything went Titusville's way against Franklin in their previous meeting back in April as Titusville made off with a 15-2 win. Will Titusville repeat their success, or does Franklin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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