It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Upper St. Clair ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past the North Catholic Trojans 7-6. Seven seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Upper St. Clair is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for North Catholic, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-8.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Upper St. Clair beat the Trojans by a score of 2-1 later that day.
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