The Farmington River Hawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Avon Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Farmington is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Farmington proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 15) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Conard 3-2.
Farmington got a great performance from Grant Kintner as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave Kintner a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Farmington saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Juan Bisono, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Avon sidestepped Simsbury for a 5-3 victory. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Trojans recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Farmington's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Avon, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Farmington was able to grind out a solid win over Avon when the teams last played back in April, winning 8-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for the River Hawks since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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