New Prairie has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Fairfield Falcons at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (New Prairie: 4.1, Fairfield: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
New Prairie can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Boone Grove as New Prairie made off with a 10-1 win. The high-scoring effort was just what New Prairie needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Joe Kinney spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 13 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brody Traxler, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Reed Robinson, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Fairfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Lakers a 1-0 shutout. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Fairfield has scored all year.
The result came thanks to Landon Miller's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, Fairfield's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Eli Miller, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
New Prairie's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Fairfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
New Prairie took their win against Fairfield in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 9-2. Does New Prairie have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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