Baseball Preview: Armstrong River Hawks vs. Fox Chapel Foxes
The Armstrong River Hawks will be playing at home against the Fox Chapel Foxes at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Armstrong can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Burrell a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Armstrong considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Jacob Bowser looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Logan Badac, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiden Scheeren, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fox Chapel entered their tilt with Pine-Richland with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Rams on Friday.
Armstrong's victory bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Fox Chapel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Armstrong skirted past Fox Chapel 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Armstrong repeat their success, or does Fox Chapel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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