Fairfield is on a nine-game streak of home wins, while Southern is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Fairfield Lions will take on the Southern Tornadoes at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Fairfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over St. Joseph Central. That's two games straight that Fairfield has won by exactly two runs.
Cade Miller spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Fairfield's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Fouch, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Zane Matthews, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Southern was not the first on the board on Saturday, but they got there more often. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Green and snuck past 7-5.
Fairfield is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Southern, their victory bumped their record up to 12-4.
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