The East Fairmont Bees have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Philip Barbour Colts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. East Fairmont's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Philip Barbour's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
East Fairmont will face Philip Barbour after dropping another heartbreaker against Preston on Wednesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 2.1 runs of beating them. East Fairmont took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Preston. That's two games in a row now that East Fairmont has lost by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Philip Barbour earned a 5-1 win over Buckhannon-Upshur on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Philip Barbour.
The team relied heavily on Kent Rowan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
East Fairmont's defeat dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Philip Barbour, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season.
East Fairmont was able to grind out a solid victory over Philip Barbour in their previous meeting back in April, winning 7-4. Does East Fairmont have another victory up their sleeve, or will Philip Barbour turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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