Baseball Game Preview: Fairfield Indians vs. Middletown Middies

Indians

Runs

04/15/26 vs Middletown	8
04/13/26 @ Lakota East	3
04/10/26 vs Lakota East	7
04/08/26 vs Colerain	4
04/06/26 @ Colerain	19
+ 4 more games

Fairfield has gone 8-2 against Middletown recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Indians will venture away from home to square off against the Middies at 5:00 p.m. Fairfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.

While Fairfield didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-24), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Middletown with a sharp 8-1 win on Wednesday. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Brayden Benge tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Grady Schultheiss, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Justin Hembree, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI and one run.

Fairfield has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.2 runs over those games. As for Middletown, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-8.