Baseball Game Preview: Fairmont Senior Polar Bears vs. North Marion Huskies

Polar Bears

Runs

04/29/25 @ Bridgeport	2
04/28/25 @ Lewis County	24
04/25/25 vs Grafton	3
04/24/25 @ Doddridge County	16
04/23/25 @ North Marion	17
+ 12 more games

Fairmont Senior is on a three-game streak of home wins, while North Marion is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Polar Bears will host the Huskies at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Fairmont Senior is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.9 runs per game this season.

Fairmont Senior is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Bridgeport, who was ranked sixth at the time (Fairmont Senior was ranked ninth). The Polar Bears came up short against the Indians on Tuesday, falling 8-2. The Polar Bears' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.

Brock Martin was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Cam Peschl, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, North Marion got themselves on the board against Clay-Battelle on Monday, but Clay-Battelle never followed suit. They came out on top against the Cee-Bees by a score of 3-0.

Fairmont Senior's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 14-3. As for North Marion, their win bumped their record up to 9-7.

Fairmont Senior took their victory against North Marion in their previous meeting on Wednesday by a conclusive 17-6 score. Do the Polar Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Huskies turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.