Baseball Recap: Shady Side Academy Bulldogs vs. Fox Chapel Foxes
It was a good run, but Shady Side Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 4-1 to the Fox Chapel Foxes. Shady Side Academy has struggled against Fox Chapel recently, as their match on Thursday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Shady Side Academy got a good showing from Ty McCaskey, who pitched 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.
Shady Side Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Fox Chapel, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Shady Side Academy will head out on the road to face off against East Allegheny at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. East Allegheny's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Shady Side Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Fox Chapel, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Pine-Richland at 4:00 p.m. Pine-Richland is coming into the matchup with four straight wins on the road, so Fox Chapel will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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