Baseball Preview: Franklin-Simpson Wildcats vs. Allen County-Scottsville Patriots
Franklin-Simpson is 9-1 against Allen County-Scottsville since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Franklin-Simpson Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots at 5:30 p.m. The last five games Franklin-Simpson has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Franklin-Simpson can't be too worried about heading out to take on Allen County-Scottsville: they just beat Bowling Green at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Franklin-Simpson narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Bowling Green 4-3. That's two games straight that Franklin-Simpson has won by just one run.
Griff Banton and Layne Alford did most of the damage at the plate: Banton got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI, while Alford scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Allen County-Scottsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Hart County by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Allen County-Scottsville has lost by just one run.
Franklin-Simpson has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Allen County-Scottsville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-19.
Everything went Franklin-Simpson's way against Allen County-Scottsville in their previous meeting back in March as Franklin-Simpson made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Franklin-Simpson since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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