The New Castle Trojans will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the New Palestine Dragons at 5:30 p.m. New Castle has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 24.
New Castle lost 8-1 to New Palestine on Tuesday.
For New Palestine's part, Rigg Mahurin was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Mahurin has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Mahurin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Landon Ballard and Jacob Morris did most of the damage at the plate: Ballard went 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Morris went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Nic Deering, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
New Castle's defeat dropped their record down to 3-19. As for New Palestine, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-5.
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