The St. Joseph Central Flyers will face off against the Fairfield Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Joseph Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
St. Joseph Central let Paint Valley stack four runs on them in the second inning on Monday but luckily St. Joseph Central prevailed anyway. The Flyers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 victory over the Bearcats.
Mason Weber
| 05/19/25 vs Paint Valley | 3 |
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Mason Weber was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Wesley Neal, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
St. Joseph Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Fairfield lost 13-3 to Manchester on Saturday. The Lions haven't had much luck with the Greyhounds recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Fairfield saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Corbin Willey, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one RBI.
St. Joseph Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games. As for Fairfield, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
St. Joseph Central couldn't quite finish off Fairfield in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Flyers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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