The Franklin County Flyers will challenge the Corbin Redhounds at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Franklin County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Anderson County on Wednesday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bearcats. The Flyers haven't had much luck with the Bearcats recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Franklin County got a good showing from Macayne MacDonald, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Franklin County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Ross, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Corbin earned an 8-5 victory over North Laurel on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Redhounds in their matchups with the Jaguars: they've now won four in a row.
Noah Cima was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Cam Estep, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
The victory got Corbin back to even at 1-1. As for Franklin County, they now have a losing record of 1-2.
Franklin County couldn't quite finish off Corbin in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 and fell 6-4. Can Franklin County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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