The Fairfield Tigers will square off against the Huffman Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Huffman will be up against a hot Fairfield squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Fairfield was the clear victors by a 17-3 margin over Tarrant on Friday.
Cedarian Clemon made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Clemon was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run.
In other batting news, Sterland Pollard was a standout: he got on base in all three of his plate appearances with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Alhaj Butler was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Fairfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .800. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .567 or higher in four consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Huffman won against Wenonah on Thursday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Huffman beat Wenonah by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-6. The victory continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Dragons: they've now won eight in a row.
Fairfield was able to grind out a solid win over Huffman in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 9-6. Does Fairfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Huffman turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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