South Hills is 9-1 against North Side since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Hills Scorpions will head out on the road to face off against the North Side Steers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Hills unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Polytechnic by a score of 3-2.
Nicholas Weatherford was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Hills saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alejandro Villegas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Side fell victim to Castleberry and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. Their rough 6-0 defeat to the Lions might stick with them for a while. North Side has struggled against Castleberry recently, as their game on Saturday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Even though they lost, North Side hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Castleberry struck out seven times.
South Hills' record now sits at 6-13. As for North Side, their record is now 6-19.
Everything went South Hills' way against North Side in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as South Hills made off with a 12-4 victory. Will South Hills repeat their success, or does North Side have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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