Baseball Recap: Fairdale Bulldogs vs. Butler Bears
Fairdale pushed their score to six the last time they played Butler, but on Monday they couldn't quite do it again. The Fairdale Bulldogs skirted past the Butler Bears 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Fairdale as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ayden Fields spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Fairdale's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Riley Prisk, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradley Myers, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Fairdale and bumps their season record up to 7-14. As for Butler, they dropped their record down to 17-15 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Fairdale will be playing at home against Western Hills at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Western Hills will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Fairdale surely won't give up without a fight. As for Butler, they will head out on the road to face off against Spencer County at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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