Fairfield put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They never let the Prairie Heights Panthers onto the board and left with an 11-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Fairfield sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Prairie Heights' batters probably weren't too happy with Landon Miller, who pitched a no hitter and racked up nine Ks (he gave up two walks). Miller has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Fairfield got a massive performance out of Luke Mast, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Owen Garrison was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Even though they lost, Prairie Heights didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 13 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Fairfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Prairie Heights, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-14.
Fairfield has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Warsaw at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Prairie Heights, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Churubusco at 10:00 a.m.
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