The Owen County Rebels will challenge the Frankfort Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Owen County will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Owen County's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Gallatin County as they made off with a 15-0 win. The Rebels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Brody Hearn
| 04/30/26 vs Gallatin County | 3 |
| 04/25/26 vs Villa Madonna | 2 |
| 04/24/26 @ Augusta | 2 |
| 04/17/26 vs Dayton | 2 |
| 04/04/26 vs Pendleton County | 2 |
| + 9 more games |
Brody Hearn and Michael Smith did most of the damage at the plate: Hearn went 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI, while Smith went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Hearn has become a key player for Owen County: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 6-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Wade Cook, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run.
Owen County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .528 or higher in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Frankfort's offense. They fell just short of Great Crossing by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Warhawks recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Owen County's victory bumped their record up to 13-8. As for Frankfort, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
Owen County got the 'W' in their previous matchup back in May of 2016 against Frankfort by a conclusive 6-0 score. Will the Rebels repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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