Baseball Preview: Legacy Lightning vs. Fairview Knights
The Legacy Lightning will be playing at home against the Fairview Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Legacy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Legacy got the win against Monarch by a conclusive 13-3.
Dominich Simmons looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, KC Reiser and Chase Hoelting did most of the damage at the plate: Reiser went 2-for-3 with five RBI, a run, and a double, while Hoelting scored three runs while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Ethan Sanchez, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Fairview fell victim to Fossil Ridge and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the SaberCats. Fairview has not had much luck with Fossil Ridge recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Fairview saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isaac Waymire, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Legacy's win bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Fairview, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Legacy's way against Fairview when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Legacy made off with a 12-5 victory. Will Legacy repeat their success, or does Fairview have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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