The Huntington Huntsmen will face off against the Fairland Dragons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Huntington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Ironton. Winning may never get old, but Huntington sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Brayden Elliott spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Huntington saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braylon Leach, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of DJ Crocker, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Fairland had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Pioneers and snuck past 6-4.
Ethan Wall made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Wall was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a triple.
Huntington's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-6. As for Fairland, their win bumped their record up to 13-14.
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