The Fairmont Cardinals will challenge the Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] Titans at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Fairmont is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
If Fairmont beats Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] with five runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Cardinals walked away with a 5-1 win over Windom on Friday.
Meanwhile, Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] hadn't done well against Central recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Titans walked away with an 8-5 victory over the Raiders.
Fairmont pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games. As for Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center], their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 5-6.
Fairmont took their victory against Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] when the teams last played back in June of 2016 by a conclusive 9-1 score. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Titans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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