Baseball Preview: Felicity-Franklin Cardinals vs. Bethel-Tate Tigers
Felicity-Franklin has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Bethel-Tate Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Felicity-Franklin will head into Monday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Saturday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Monday was a bit more commanding. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-3 walloping at the hands of Blanchester. Felicity-Franklin has not had much luck with Blanchester recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Bethel-Tate put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Georgetown as Bethel-Tate made off with a 15-6 victory. With that win, Bethel-Tate brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Levi Schultian was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Schultian was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
In other batting news, Bethel-Tate let Waylon Morris and Carter Moss loose on the outfield. Morris scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Moss scored two runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. Morris is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Simon Houser, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-4.
Felicity-Franklin's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Bethel-Tate, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Felicity-Franklin might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Bethel-Tate in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Felicity-Franklin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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