Baseball Game Preview: Fairfield Knights vs. Littlestown Thunderbolts

By Team Reports Mar 29, 2025, 1:10am

Baseball Preview: Fairfield Knights vs. Littlestown Thunderbolts

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03/26/25 @ Delone Catholic8
03/24/25 vs York Catholic14
03/21/25 @ Bermudian Springs9
03/18/25 @ York Suburban1
03/14/25 vs Francis Scott Key1

Fairfield hasn't had much luck against Littlestown recently, but that could start to change on Monday. Fairfield will look to defend their home field against Littlestown at 4:15 p.m. Fairfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

Last Wednesday, Fairfield didn't have quite enough to beat Delone Catholic and fell 9-8.

Jayden Bell made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. Another player making a difference was Stephen Higgs, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Meanwhile, while it was Littlestown who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was New Oxford who put up more. Littlestown took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of New Oxford. That's two games in a row now that the Thunderbolts have lost by exactly three runs.

Littlestown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Bossom, who went 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run marked the first that Bossom launched this season.

This is the second loss in a row for Littlestown and nudges their season record down to 2-4-1. As for Fairfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3-1.

Fairfield might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Littlestown when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can Fairfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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