Lebanon and Crawfordsville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Lebanon Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Crawfordsville Athenians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lebanon is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Danville just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.
Jamil Phillippe was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Crawfordsville earned a 4-1 victory over Frankfort on Monday.
Jude Coursey and Bryce Dowell made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Coursey tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Dowell struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. At bat, Coursey scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Dowell got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two RBI.
In other batting news, Wyatt Motz was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Lebanon now has a losing record at 11-12. As for Crawfordsville, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season.
Lebanon came up short against Crawfordsville when the teams last played back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crawfordsville's Kale Wemer, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Lebanon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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