Baseball Preview: Fishers Tigers vs. Noblesville Millers
Fishers and Noblesville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Fishers Tigers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Noblesville Millers at 7:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought match, but Fishers had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Mt. Vernon.
Austin Conley was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Fishers saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Brown, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Noblesville's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Lake Central by a score of 10-9.
McCoy Fulk was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Fishers' record is now 5-4. As for Noblesville, their record now sits at 5-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Fishers has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Noblesville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Fishers couldn't quite finish off Noblesville in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 3-1. Thankfully for Fishers, Bryce Riggs (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over six innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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