The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the East Central Trojans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Franklin Community is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They skirted past Columbus North 5-3.
Braeden Burton made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Burton was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Burton wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Owen Bullington, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Landen Basey was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, East Central came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Warriors and snuck past 9-7. That's two games straight that East Central has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Brayden Rouse, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Seth Strobl, who went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Franklin Community is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for East Central, their win bumped their record up to 19-8.
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