After flying high against Chesapeake last Friday, Fairland came back down to earth. The Fairland Dragons lost 9-1 to the Ironton Fighting Tigers on Wednesday. Fairland has not had much luck with Ironton recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Fairland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Southard, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base. Southard has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played.
Fairland's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-12. As for Ironton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fairland will take on Raceland at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Ironton, they will head out on the road to square off against Wheelersburg at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Ironton's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Wheelersburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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