AUBURNDALE, Fla. - The Franklin College baseball team completed their season-opening trip to Florida on Tuesday (Feb. 28) with a matchup against the Calvin Knights. 

Franklin (3-1) saw their unbeaten start to the season come to an end as the Knights (3-2) jumped on Griz pitching early and never looked back, handing Franklin a 15-6 loss. 

Franklin got on the board in the sixth with Landon Cole's first career RBI coming via single and Jimmy Wolff drawing a bases loaded walk for his first RBI of the year. Sean Thomas drove in two runs with a double in the seventh and Franklin got two runs courtesy of some shaky defense from the Knights. Dyllan Redmon was the lone Grizzly to record two hits with Sean Sullivan scoring a pair of runs. 

Damian Tillie (0-1) took the loss on the mound for the Griz. Tuesday's games saw the FC career pitching debuts for Aidan Ray, Noah Bennington and Reed Shaffer. 

Franklin looks to bounce back on Friday (Mar. 3) when they host Hope College in the opener of a three-game weekend series and the team's return to John P. McDowell Field. First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m.