The New Castle Hurricanes have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the West Allegheny Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
On Saturday, New Castle came up short against Homer-Center and fell 5-2.
Dominic Miller and Malik Jefferson did some serious damage despite the final result: Miller went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI, while Jefferson scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, West Allegheny had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Titans 7-6. That's two games straight that West Allegheny has won by just one run.
New Castle dropped their record down to 0-12 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for West Allegheny, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
New Castle came up short against West Allegheny in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 4-1. Can New Castle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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