After two games on the road, Austintown-Fitch is heading back home. They will take on the Howland Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Austintown-Fitch: 3.8, Howland: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Austintown-Fitch's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Green on Saturday. They lost 6-0 to the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Howland sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over Girard on Friday.
Brendan Ray spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Howland saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Kovarik, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Austintown-Fitch's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-6. As for Howland, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-6.
Austintown-Fitch suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Howland when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can Austintown-Fitch avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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