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| 03/31/25 - Home | 9-1 W |
| 03/25/24 - Home | 5-13 L |
| 03/04/24 - Away | 3-4 L |
| 03/27/23 - Away | 3-4 L |
| 03/06/23 - Home | 2-9 L |
| + 4 more games |
Benjamin Franklin made up a huge gap compared to their last game against ALA - Ironwood, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Benjamin Franklin put the hurt on ALA - Ironwood with a sharp 9-1 victory on Monday. This was payback for the Chargers, who suffered a 13-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Colten Stechnij and Talan Speir made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Stechnij tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Speir struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. At the plate, Stechnij scored a run while going 1-for-1, while Speir scored a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Stechnij a new career-high in RBI (two).
In other batting news, Matthew Economou was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024. Jono Wilcox also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
The win got Benjamin Franklin back to even at 5-5-1. As for ALA - Ironwood, their loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-10.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Benjamin Franklin is set to take on their familiar foe Bourgade Catholic at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Benjamin Franklin has four straight victories, Bourgade Catholic has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field. Meanwhile, ALA - Ironwood will challenge rival Gilbert Christian at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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