Allen County-Scottsville is 1-9 against Franklin-Simpson since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Allen County-Scottsville Patriots will look to defend their home field against the Franklin-Simpson Wildcats at 5:30 p.m.
Allen County-Scottsville is is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Thursday. They fell just short of Hart County by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Allen County-Scottsville has lost by just one run.
Meanwhile, Franklin-Simpson has not done well against Bowling Green recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Franklin-Simpson narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Bowling Green 4-3. That's two games straight that Franklin-Simpson has won by just one run.
Griff Banton and Layne Alford did most of the damage at the plate: Banton got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI, while Alford scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Allen County-Scottsville's loss dropped their record down to 4-19. As for Franklin-Simpson, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season.
Allen County-Scottsville might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Franklin-Simpson in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Franklin-Simpson's Gavin Link, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Now that Allen County-Scottsville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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