Shady Side Academy dropped their record down to 7-13 on Friday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They fell 6-1 to the Fox Chapel Foxes. The Bulldogs were not able to make up for their loss to the Foxes from their previous meeting back in April of 2024.
Shady Side Academy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Soren Cooper, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
As for Fox Chapel, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Six seems to be a good number for they as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
On Fox Chapel's side, Jeremy Haigh and Franco Pistella were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Haigh tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Pistella didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances. At the plate, Haigh went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run, while Pistella went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Haigh a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tristan Blum, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That triple was his first of the season.
Shady Side Academy and Fox Chapel should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. The Bulldogs will face off against McGuffey at 5:00 p.m. on Monday with a big rank advantage (66 vs. 274). Meanwhile, Fox Chapel (ranked 14th) will meet Greater Latrobe (ranked 72nd) at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Foxes 4.1, the Wildcats 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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