Baseball Game Preview: Fairfield Falcons vs. Florin Panthers

The Fairfield Falcons will take on the Florin Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fairfield will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.

Fairfield's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 21-0 margin over Florin. With that win, the Falcons brought their scoring average up to 9 runs per game.

Christian Rambeau made a big impact no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in hits (zero). He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Ricardo Martin was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Donavan Luu, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.

Fairfield was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.

Fairfield now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Florin, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.

Florin's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Fairfield has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.2 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Florin, though, as they've been averaging only 3.3 strikeouts. Will Fairfield keep running through batters, or will Florin buck the trend? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.