On Saturday, the Fairfield Falcons narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Frankfort Hot Dogs 3-1.
Keegan Miller was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Miller was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Michael Slabaugh, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Frankfort's side, Lucas Waggoner was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Fairfield is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Frankfort, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-11.
Fairfield will head out on the road to challenge Westview at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Westview is on a three-game streak of home wins, Fairfield a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Frankfort will take on Crawfordsville at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Frankfort is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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