Newcomerstown is 0-10 against Strasburg-Franklin since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Newcomerstown Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers at 5:00 p.m.
Newcomerstown is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Strasburg-Franklin just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Newcomerstown couldn't push the score so high this time.
For Strasburg-Franklin's part, Bradyn Whitman tossed a big game, pitching 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Strasburg-Franklin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Lancaster, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Avery Keffer, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Newcomerstown's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Strasburg-Franklin, they pushed their record up to 11-9 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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