Lawrenceburg is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Franklin County a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The Lawrenceburg Tigers will host the Franklin County Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Lawrenceburg's offense. They fell just short of Greensburg by a score of 2-0 on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Tigers have suffered against the Pirates since April 22, 2021.
Ava Hall spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on two hits and racked up nine Ks.
Meanwhile, Franklin County didn't have quite enough to beat New Castle on Saturday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by just one run.
Franklin County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bailey Kaiser, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Franklin County's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Lawrenceburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Lawrenceburg hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Franklin County struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 0.8 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Lawrenceburg took their victory against Franklin County in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 9-3 score. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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