The Fairview Eagles will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Greenup County Musketeers at 6:00 p.m.
Fairview is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Green on Monday. They fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Greenup County ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Breathitt County 5-4. The win was nothing new for Greenup County as they're now sitting on three straight.
Gavin Roy made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Roy has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Roy was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Matthew Boggs, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Cohen Underwood was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Fairview's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-13. As for Greenup County, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-18 record this season.
Fairview suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Greenup County in their previous meeting back in March of 2016. Thankfully for Fairview, Christian Wireman (who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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