Elizabeth Forward fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against West Mifflin on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the West Mifflin Titans by a score of 3-2. Elizabeth Forward has not had much luck with West Mifflin recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Charlie Nigut put in work while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Nigut was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Nigut wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Faychak, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Elizabeth Forward didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Mifflin only tossed three.
On West Mifflin's side, they got a great performance from Jake Martina as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
Elizabeth Forward's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for West Mifflin, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Elizabeth Forward by a score of 5-0.
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