Baseball Preview: Fairfield Falcons vs. New Prairie Cougars
The Fairfield Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the New Prairie Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Fairfield is looking to tack on another W to their 14-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Fairfield's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past Lakeland 1-0. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Fairfield has scored all year.
Not much got past Landon Miller, who gave up just five hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Lakeland off the board. Miller has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Fairfield's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Eli Miller, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, New Prairie can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past Boone Grove 10-1. The high-scoring effort was just what New Prairie needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Joe Kinney spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 13 Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brody Traxler, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Reed Robinson, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Fairfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for New Prairie, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
Fairfield suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to New Prairie in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Fairfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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