On Friday, Fishers faced New Palestine in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Fishers Tigers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over the New Palestine Dragons. Four seems to be a good number for Fishers as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Austin Conley tossed a big game, pitching 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Mayo Fernandez was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2. Deagan Repp was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
On New Palestine's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Neal, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Fishers' victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. As for New Palestine, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Fishers will take on Yorktown at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for New Palestine, their homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Connersville at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. New Palestine's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Connersville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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