The Black River Pirates will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Fairless Falcons at 5:00 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Black River can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match back in April. They blew past Firelands 9-1. That's two games straight that Black River has won by exactly eight runs.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Fairless made sure to put some runs up on the board against Tuslaw on Monday. Fairless put the hurt on Tuslaw with a sharp 10-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Fairless.
Andy Gill spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Fairless got a big performance out of Tyler Gaal, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Austin Keck was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
The win got Black River back to even at 4-4. As for Fairless, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-15.
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