For the second straight game, Centerville will face off against Fairmont. The Elks will be playing at home against the Firebirds at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Centerville's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Fairmont's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Centerville is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Fairmont just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Firebirds by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Elks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
For Fairmont's part, they got a great performance from Brayden Vance as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. That's the most strikeouts Vance has posted over his last four matches.
At the plate, Fairmont saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Mastro, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Fairmont's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Centerville, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 7-2.
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