Baseball Recap: Franklin Drops Season-High Score on Chapin

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin). They blew past the Chapin Huskies 15-6 on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Huskies: they've now won four in a row.

ADRIAN CHAVIRA made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. CHAVIRA was even better at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. He also hit a double, marking his first of the season.

ISAIAH MATA

Runs

02/25/25 vs Chapin	2
02/22/25 vs Da Vinci	2
02/21/25 vs Bowie	2
02/20/25 vs Mayfield	2
02/17/25 vs Horizon	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on ISAIAH MATA, who went 1-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Franklin is undefeated when MATA posts two or more runs, but 0-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was JADEN ENGELS, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Franklin always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .561. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Franklin now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Chapin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.

Franklin has already played their next contest (against Riverside), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Chapin, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 5-3 win against Pusch Ridge Christian Academy on the 27th.