If New Castle was feeling good fresh off their 19-4 takedown of Mars last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Hurricanes fell just short of the Fox Chapel Foxes by a score of 7-6 on Wednesday.
Keara Mangieri was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikayla DiGennaro, who went 2-for-4 with one triple and two RBI.
New Castle now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Fox Chapel, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1-1.
Coming up, New Castle will face off against Shaler Area at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Fox Chapel, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Mars at 3:45 p.m. The Fightin' Planets have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.8 runs per game on average), something the Foxes will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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