The Fayetteville-Perry Rockets will stay at home for another game and welcome the Fairfield Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Fayetteville-Perry lost 12-2 to Lynchburg-Clay on Monday.
Fayetteville-Perry saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brian Halker, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Fairfield's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Manchester by a score of 2-1.
Even though they lost, Fairfield didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Manchester only tossed eight.
Fayetteville-Perry has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 14 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-14 record this season. As for Fairfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Fayetteville-Perry has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Fairfield struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.7. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Fayetteville-Perry came up short against Fairfield in their previous matchup on April 9th, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fairfield's Cade Miller, who struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Fayetteville-Perry knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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