Baseball Game Recap: Fox Chapel Foxes vs. Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

By Team Reports Apr 25, 2024, 9:24pm

Baseball Recap: Fox Chapel Foxes vs. Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

Fox Chapel waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Shady Side Academy Bulldogs. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Fox Chapel also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.

For Shady Side Academy's part, they got a good showing from Ty McCaskey, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

At the plate, Shady Side Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Avi, who went 1-for-3 with a double.

Fox Chapel has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Shady Side Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6.

Fox Chapel will be playing at home against Pine-Richland at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pine-Richland: 3.1, Fox Chapel: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Shady Side Academy, they are on the road again on Monday to play East Allegheny at 4:00 p.m. Shady Side Academy is facing East Allegheny at the right time seeing as East Allegheny is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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