The Whiteland Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs at 5:30  p.m.  on Wednesday. Whiteland will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
 Whiteland will head into Tuesday's  contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big  on Monday (they won by eight) but  on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Franklin Community  and snuck past  9-7.
  Peyton Dickens made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he  struck out eight batters over  5.2 innings while giving up  three earned  (and one unearned) runs off only  one  hit. Dickens has been consistent recently: he hasn't  given up  more than two  hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Dickens was also big at the plate,  scoring two  runs and  stealing two bases while going 4-for-4.
 In other batting news,  the team  relied heavily on  Jordan Palmer, who  scored two  runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was  Blake Riddle, who  scored two  runs while going 1-for-3.
 Whiteland pushed their record up to 6-2 with that  win, which was their third straight  on the road. As for Franklin Community, they now  have a losing record at 3-4.
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