Baseball Game Preview: Kerens Bobcats vs. Frankston Indians

The Kerens Bobcats will take on the Frankston Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Kerens 1.8, Frankston 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Frankston will be up against a hot Kerens team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Kerens came out on top against Frankston by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Bobcats have won by exactly four runs.

Krayton Ritchie

Batters Struck Out

03/18/25 @ Frankston	13
03/14/25 @ Cross Roads	5
03/11/25 vs Cross Roads	11
03/06/25 vs Robinson	8
02/28/25 vs Crawford	7
+ 4 more games

Krayton Ritchie made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 13 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in May of 2024. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, Kerens let Kooper Hill and Matt Rickard run wild. Hill scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Rickard scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-4. What's more, Hill posted two doubles, the most he's had since back in March of 2024.

Kerens pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Frankston, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-4.