For the second straight game, New Castle will face off against Pine-Richland. The Hurricanes will host the Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New Castle has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Pine-Richland will come in with four straight victories.
New Castle fell victim to Pine-Richland and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams.
For Pine-Richland's part, they got a great performance from Keegan Deihl as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over 6.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Deihl has posted since back in April.
At the plate, Tanner Cunningham was excellent, going 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, one run, and one double. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Thomas Kapanowski, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
Pine-Richland pushed their record up to 16-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for New Castle, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-14.
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