Westwood was the 8-7 winner over Fairfield when they last played one another back in March, but their luck changed this time around. The Westwood Panthers fell just short of the Fairfield Eagles by a score of 2-1 on Thursday.
For Fairfield's part, Cameron Cockerell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up seven Ks. Cockerell has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Fairfield's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rowdy Hand, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Westwood's defeat dropped their record down to 7-12-2. As for Fairfield, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-7.
Westwood will look to defend their home field on Friday against Teague at 7:00 p.m. Teague is coming into the matchup with seven straight wins on the road, so Westwood will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Fairfield, they will take on Franklin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Franklin: 1.8, Fairfield: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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