Prairie Heights is 1-9 against Fairfield since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Prairie Heights Panthers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Fairfield Falcons at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Prairie Heights is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 14-11 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lakewood Park Christian on Saturday. Even if Prairie Heights couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Dylan Malone was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Matt Roberts was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Prairie Heights kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Fairfield didn't have quite enough to beat Concord on Saturday and fell 4-2. Fairfield has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Fairfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Slabaugh, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Prairie Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Fairfield, their loss dropped their record down to 9-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Prairie Heights has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Fairfield struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Prairie Heights suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Fairfield when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Prairie Heights, Alec Hershberger (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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