Baseball Preview: Whiteland Warriors vs. Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs
The Whiteland Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Whiteland will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Whiteland will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by eight) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Franklin Community and snuck past 9-7.
Peyton Dickens made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off only one hit. Dickens has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Dickens was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jordan Palmer, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Blake Riddle, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Whiteland pushed their record up to 6-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Franklin Community, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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