Franklin Central is on a nine-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Stamford Central a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Franklin Central Purple Devils will take on the Stamford Central Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Franklin Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Franklin Central is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 21-18 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cherry Valley-Springfield on Friday. Even if Franklin Central couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Maddie Hyzer was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Van Dyke, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
Even though they lost, Franklin Central always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .543. That's the best OBP they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Stamford Central's offense. They lost 19-0 to Windham-Ashland-Jewett two weeks ago.
Franklin Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Stamford Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
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