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Wild Things’ ace Kobe Foster threw a complete game no-hitter Friday night at EQT Park, the franchise’s fourth all-time no-hitter as the Wild Things down New Jersey, 12-0. Foster struck out  a club-record 14 batters to notch his second-straight shutout to join Jason Hickman, Adam Palmer and Matt Sergey with no-hitters for the Wild Things. Sergey no-no was a perfect game on August 24, 2014. Foster has allowed just 20 hits in 43.2 innings while holding opponents to three earned runs in six starts.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Owen Caissie had a two-run double to cap a four-run seventh inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. Sandy Alcantara (6-4) won for the third time in three starts in June, working eight innings. He gave up three runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking one. Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2). Xavier Edwards brought home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, Heriberto Hernandez had an RBI single and Caissie broke it open with his double off the fence in center. Liam Hicks added a two-run homer in the eighth.

Back-to-back doubles by Keira Drilak & Lauren Rush gave Chartiers-Houston a 1-0 lead two batters into the game but the Bucs never crossed the plate again as Laurel won its first-ever PIAA softball championship, 7-1, Friday afternoon. Rush reached third with nobody out but the Bucs couldn’t score her. In the third, CHHS got runners to 2nd & 3rd with one out but stranded both. Laurel’s Riley Balcom allowed just one base runner the rest of the way. The Spartans used a pair of hit batters and two singles to score three in the bottom of the third, then a couple more free passes helped Laurel score three more times in the sixth.  Chartiers-Houston was looking for its first PIAA title since 2010. The Bucs dropped to 1-6 in softball state championship games.

Friday, June 12
PIAA Softball Championship Softball Brackets
2A Laurel > Chartiers-Houston, 7-1,  Listen Here