On Friday, Fountain Inn faced Daniel in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Fountain Inn Fury's way against the Daniel Lions as the Fountain Inn Fury made off with a 12-2 win. The Fury might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by eight runs or more this season.
Brayden Passmore tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single walk any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Joel Irizarry, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. Nick Saddler also deserves some recognition as he launched his first home run of the season.
Fountain Inn was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Daniel only posted a batting average of .158.
Fury
| 03/14/25 vs Daniel | 12-2 |
| 03/08/25 vs Blue Ridge | 14-4 |
| 03/07/25 vs Woodruff | 5-1 |
| 03/06/25 vs Greenville H | 10-0 |
| 05/07/24 vs Woodruff | 9-1 |
| + 2 more games |
Fountain Inn's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Daniel, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fountain Inn will head out to challenge Powdersville at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Daniel will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Seneca at 6:30 p.m. on March 25th.
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