The Deer Lakes Lancers will square off against the Fox Chapel Foxes at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Deer Lakes fell victim to Plum and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 10-0 to the Mustangs. The Lancers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Fox Chapel made easy work of Peters Township on Tuesday and carried off an 18-7 victory. The result was nothing new for the Foxes, who have now won seven contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Fox Chapel is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Deer Lakes, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Deer Lakes was able to grind out a solid victory over Fox Chapel in their previous meeting back in May of 2016, winning 6-3. Will the Lancers repeat their success, or do the Foxes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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