The Arcanum Trojans are taking a road trip to face off against the Franklin Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Arcanum's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Franklin's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Arcanum proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Newton Local 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Trojans have posted since April 16th.
Franklin had taken Oakwood down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Saturday. The Wildcats fell just short of the Lumberjacks by a score of 4-3. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Franklin saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Hurst, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Arcanum is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Franklin, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
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