The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the East Fairmont Bees at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fairmont Senior is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past North Marion 2-1. That's two games straight that Fairmont Senior has won by just one run.
Hayden Jones spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Matt Masters, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, East Fairmont can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They beat Weir by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for East Fairmont.
Fairmont Senior's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5. As for East Fairmont, their victory bumped their record up to 15-8.
Fairmont Senior came out on top in a nail-biter against East Fairmont in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 3-2. Will Fairmont Senior repeat their success, or does East Fairmont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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