The Hand Tigers will take on the Fairfield Prep Jesuits at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last three games Hand has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Tuesday, Hand had just enough and edged out Danbury 3-2.
Meanwhile, Fairfield Prep is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of La Salle Academy. The Jesuits took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams. The game marked the Jesuits' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Fairfield Prep saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Rotondo, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double. That double marked the first that Rotondo has hit this season.
Hand's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.67 runs across that stretch. As for Fairfield Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
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