Baseball Preview: Fannett Metal vs. Southern Fulton Indians
Fannett Metal is 2-8 against Southern Fulton since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. Fannett Metal will head out on the road to challenge the Southern Fulton Indians at 4:30 p.m. Fannett Metal is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Fannett Metal is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past Berlin Brothersvalley 4-2.
Wade Appleby spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Southern Fulton can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Meyersdale as Southern Fulton made off with a 16-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Southern Fulton.
Austin Mann was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Trentin Cain, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Fannett Metal's win bumped their record up to 16-4. As for Southern Fulton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 18-4 record this season.
Fannett Metal couldn't quite finish off Southern Fulton in their previous matchup back in April and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southern Fulton's Joel Fitz, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Now that Fannett Metal knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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