Baseball Recap: Anthony Annichine can't quite lead Pine-Richland over North Allegheny

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 3:31am

Baseball Recap: Pine-Richland Rams vs. North Allegheny Tigers

On Tuesday, Pine-Richland faced North Allegheny in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Pine-Richland Rams fell just short of the North Allegheny Tigers by a score of 5-3. Pine-Richland was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as North Allegheny apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played last Monday.

Pine-Richland got a good showing from Chase Caricato, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, Pine-Richland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Annichine, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

On North Allegheny's side, Mason Smith was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Parreaguirre, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Pine-Richland's loss dropped their record down to 15-4. As for North Allegheny, they pushed their record up to 13-4 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.

While Pine-Richland had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.

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