South Bend St. Joseph came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Fairfield Falcons 4-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as South Bend St. Joseph also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2015.
South Bend St. Joseph got a great performance from Jacob Snyder as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jayce Lee, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
On Fairfield's side, Eli Miller made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
South Bend St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Fairfield, their loss dropped their record down to 18-8.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Bend St. Joseph will challenge Jimtown at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. South Bend St. Joseph is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season. As for Fairfield, they will head out on the road to face off against Bethany Christian at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Bethany Christian will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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