Baseball Recap: Plainfield Beats Franklin Community for Their Second Straight Win

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Previous 5 Games

04/09/25 - Away	6-0 W
05/11/24 - Home	8-5 W
05/11/24 - Home	0-1 L
05/06/23 - Away	8-5 W
04/06/23 - Home	1-12 L

Plainfield hadn't done well against Franklin Community recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Quakers never let the Grizzly Cubs get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Quakers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Franklin Community's batters probably weren't too happy with Gavin Lykins, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (he gave up a single walk).

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Clark Laker, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Ty White was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.

Plainfield has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 0 runs this season. As for Franklin Community, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.

Plainfield will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Grizzly Cubs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.