After three games on the road, Christian Academy-Louisville is heading back home. They will take on the Fairdale Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Christian Academy-Louisville nor Fairdale posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Christian Academy-Louisville's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against St. Xavier on Tuesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. Christian Academy-Louisville has not had much luck with St. Xavier recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Josh Stempien was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Fairdale ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They had just enough and edged Butler out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Fairdale as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ayden Fields spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Fairdale saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Prisk, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradley Myers, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Christian Academy-Louisville's loss dropped their record down to 10-19. As for Fairdale, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-14.
Christian Academy-Louisville skirted past Fairdale 8-6 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Does Christian Academy-Louisville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairdale turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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