The Austintown-Fitch Falcons will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Canfield Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Austintown-Fitch put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Thursday. They never let Princeton onto the board and left with a 19-0 win. That looming 19-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Austintown-Fitch yet this season.
Ayla Ray was a standout: she went 3-for-3 with a home run, six RBI, and four runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Kylie Folkwein, who went 2-for-3 with two triples, five RBI, and three runs.
Meanwhile, Canfield had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They beat the Cardinals by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-0. The result was nothing new for Canfield, who have now won five contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Austintown-Fitch's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Canfield, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Austintown-Fitch beat Canfield 5-0 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Austintown-Fitch 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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