Softball Game Preview: Fairfield on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 3:47am

Softball Preview: Fairfield Lions vs. West Union Dragons

Fairfield is 8-0 against West Union since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Fairfield Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Union Dragons at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Fairfield lost 9-3 to Unioto on Friday. Fairfield has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Emmi Vance was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base.

Even though they lost, Fairfield didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Unioto only tossed four.

Meanwhile, West Union was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They lost 10-0 to Portsmouth.

Fairfield's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7. As for West Union, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-14.

Everything went Fairfield's way against West Union when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Fairfield made off with a 12-2 victory. Does Fairfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Union turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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