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| 04/18/24 - Away | 4-5 L |
| 04/15/23 - Home | 3-10 L |
| 05/20/22 - Away | 12-4 W |
| 05/20/21 - Home | 11-7 W |
| 05/17/18 - Away | 6-1 W |
| + 5 more games |
Columbus East is 8-2 against Franklin Community since May of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Olympians will look to defend their home field against the Grizzly Cubs at 5:30 p.m.
Columbus East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Silver Creek on Tuesday. They fell 5-1 to the Dragons. The Olympians haven't had much luck with the Dragons recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Columbus East saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was J.D. Rotert, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Franklin Community beat Whiteland 5-1 on Wednesday. The Grizzly Cubs have beaten the Warriors the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Warriors has come to flipping the script.
Greyson Betts spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 13 Ks. Franklin Community is undefeated when Betts allows three or fewer earned runs, but 3-4 otherwise.
At the plate, Landen Basey was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Bullington, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Franklin Community hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Whiteland struck out 13 times.
Franklin Community's win bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Columbus East, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
