Baseball Preview: Fairview Tigers vs. North East Grape Pickers
Fairview is 9-1 against North East since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Fairview Tigers will be playing at home against the North East Grape Pickers at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fairview has three straight wins, North East has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Fairview needed a bit of extra time to put away Harbor Creek. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Huskies and snuck past 5-3.
Fairview got a big performance out of Adam Milam, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Andrew Stevens was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, North East came up short against Mercyhurst Prep on Tuesday and fell 6-3.
Tommy Owens was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Fairview pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for North East, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Fairview took their win against North East in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 12-2. Does Fairview have another victory up their sleeve, or will North East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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