Wisdom lost against Fort Fairfield on Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Wisdom Pioneers fell just short of the Fort Fairfield Tigers by a score of 7-6. Wisdom has struggled against Fort Fairfield recently, as their match on Saturday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
For Fort Fairfield's part, Graedon King made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out 12 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up five earned runs off seven hits. King was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Fort Fairfield got a big performance out of Charlie Griffeth, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jacob Edgecomb, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Wisdom's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Fort Fairfield, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Wisdom will be playing at home against Fort Kent at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Kent will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Wisdom surely won't give up without a fight. As for Fort Fairfield, they will head out on the road to square off against Ashland at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Fort Fairfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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