Baseball Preview: University Trailblazers vs. Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs
The University Trailblazers will be playing at home against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. University is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
University will head into Thursday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They lost 9-2 to Center Grove.
Jimmy Caldwell and Jasper Owens stepped up to the plate in a big way. Caldwell scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Owens went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, while Franklin Community put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Decatur Central. Franklin Community walked away with a 4-0 victory over Decatur Central.
Brooks McNicholas tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Trevor Lauononen, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nash Netter, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
University's defeat dropped their record down to 12-11-1. As for Franklin Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.
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