The Fairview Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Fairview is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Fairview can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against North East as Fairview made off with a 12-2 victory.
Caleb Szklenski made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Szklenski was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
In other batting news, Fairview got a big performance out of Ed Dolansky, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Aari Fox, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Mercyhurst Prep's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Meadville by a score of 3-2.
Hunter Krahe was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mercyhurst Prep saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Manendo, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Fairview has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. As for Mercyhurst Prep, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3.
Fairview suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Mercyhurst Prep when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Krahe, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Now that Fairview knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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