After flying high against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional last Monday, North Schuylkill came back down to earth. The North Schuylkill Spartans fell just short of the Pine Grove Cardinals by a score of 5-3 on Wednesday. North Schuylkill was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Pine Grove apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April.
For Pine Grove's part, Jamie Dinger spent all ten innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on nine hits and racked up 11 Ks.
On the hitting side, Callee Leffler was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Madison Shiffer, who went 2-for-5 with four RBI and two doubles.
North Schuylkill dropped their record down to 8-6 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Pine Grove, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.
North Schuylkill will head out on the road to challenge Danville at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Danville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season. Pine Grove does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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