The Franklin Regional Panthers will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the North Hills Indians at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Franklin Regional: 3.7, North Hills: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Franklin Regional is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Connellsville and snuck past 2-1.
Blake Bertucci was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Bertucci was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, North Hills had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four last Thursday. They skirted past the Indians 2-1.
Franklin Regional's victory bumped their record up to 14-7. As for North Hills, they pushed their record up to 13-5-1 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
Franklin Regional suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to North Hills in their previous matchup back in May of 2018. Can Franklin Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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