Josiah Hursey turned in his biggest game of the season on Monday, striking out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with more than six strikeouts. On the season, Hursey has an ERA of 5.42 over 20.7 innings pitched.
Hursey and Franklin will head out on the road to challenge Smoky Mountain at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin got just the result they wanted when they last faced Smoky Mountain, probably because Hursey had a solid game then too: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Can he match (or beat) that stellar performance? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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