Desperately seeking wins, the Washington summer teams keep plugging away tonight when they travel to Fairfield for a pair of Southeast Conference doubleheaders.
The Demon baseball team sits at 2-6 overall and 1-5 in the SEC. They fell to Fort Madison on Monday 2-1 in extras and 16-6 in six innings. Kole Williams is batting .348 on the young campaign with five RBI and Ethan Patterson leads the pitching department without allowing an earned run in 13 2/3 innings of work. Fairfield is 6-7, 2-3 in the league, and downed Williamsburg 8-6 last night. Freshman Cason Miller has a .385 BA and the team ERA is at 5.13. The Trojans won three out of four meetings last summer.
The Washington softball team will try to snap an eight game slide, sitting at 3-11 overall and 2-4 in the conference. The orange and black lost a doubleheader to Burlington last night by 5-3 and 4-1 scores. Leighton Salazar is hitting .485 and three RBI while Bella Salazar has compiled a 4.99 ERA in 26 2/3 innings in the circle. Fairfield is 5-4 and 2-2 in the SEC after dropping a single game to Burlington 9-6 on Monday. Hannah Simpson already has 16 RBI with a .520 average and Coty Engle has a 2.51 ERA in 39 innings of work.
Game one of the doubleheaders begin at 5:30 p.m. in Fairfield. Listen to the baseball contests on FM 106.1 KCII.