The Fairfield Indians are on the road again on Friday to play the Austintown-Fitch Falcons at 3:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fairfield: 2.2, Austintown-Fitch: 0.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Fairfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Centerville a 1-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Austintown-Fitch waltzed into their game on Friday with 16 straight wins... but they left with 17. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with an 8-2 win. Austintown-Fitch might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 18 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Sydnie Watts was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Watts has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Watts was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, Kylie Folkwein was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Abby Toth, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Fairfield's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Austintown-Fitch, their win bumped their record up to 21-1.
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