Fairdale is 1-7 against Christian Academy-Louisville since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fairdale Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Christian Academy-Louisville Centurions at 5:30 p.m. Christian Academy-Louisville took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Fairdale, who comes in off a win.
On Monday, Fairdale needed a bit of extra time to put away Butler. They had just enough and edged the Bears out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Fairdale as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ayden Fields spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Fairdale's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Riley Prisk, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradley Myers, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Christian Academy-Louisville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Xavier. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Christian Academy-Louisville has not been shut out since back in March.
Josh Stempien was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
The win made it two in a row for Fairdale and bumps their season record up to 7-14. As for Christian Academy-Louisville, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-19.
Fairdale couldn't quite finish off Christian Academy-Louisville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 8-6. Can Fairdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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