The Troy Trojans will challenge the Fairmont Firebirds at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fairmont took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Troy, who comes in off a win.
Troy's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Walsh Jesuit.
Meanwhile, Fairmont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 7-5 heartbreaker at the hands of Roncalli.
Fairmont saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Mastro, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Mastro is becoming a predictor of the Firebirds' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 6-1 (and 7-14 when he doesn't). Logan Doty was another, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Troy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Fairmont, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-15.
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