The Plainfield Quakers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Greenwood Woodmen at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Plainfield's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Monday, when they got past Indian Creek's usually-dominant pitching crew. Plainfield's pitcher stepped up to hand Indian Creek a 10-0 shutout.
Plainfield got a great performance from Luke Warriner as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gabe Hansen, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Grady Broughton, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Greenwood got the win against Franklin Central on Monday by a conclusive 8-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Greenwood.
Landen Smith was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Flowers, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Plainfield is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Greenwood, they pushed their record up to 10-11 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Plainfield has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Greenwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Plainfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenwood in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Will Plainfield repeat their success, or does Greenwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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