Baseball Game Preview: Fairmont Golden Tornadoes vs. West Bladen Knights

For the second straight game, Fairmont will face off against West Bladen. The Golden Tornadoes are taking a road trip to square off against the Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Things were looking good for Fairmont after they put the first runs on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Bladen. The defeat continues a trend for the Golden Tornadoes in their meetings with the Knights: they've now lost three in a row.

For West Bladen's part, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Allen, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double. Those three hits gave Allen a new career-high. Another was Aiden Russ, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Fairmont's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for West Bladen, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-4.