Pennsylvania High School Baseball - Palmerton loses to Northwestern Lehigh
April 8, 2024: Palmerton, PA 18071 The Northwestern Lehigh Tigers baseball team scored 12 runs and limited the host Palmerton Blue Bombers to 2 in the Tigers league victory on Monday.
The Tigers (4-3) will now prepare for their match against Bangor (Bangor, PA). The Slaters go into the Colonial match with a 4-2 record. In their last match, Bangor ran past Notre Dame-Green Pond (Easton, PA), 9-2, in a league match.
The Blue Bombers (2-6) will now prepare for their match against Southern Lehigh (Center Valley, PA). The Spartans go into the match with a 3-2 record. In their last match, Southern Lehigh ran past Trinity (Camp Hill, PA), 3-1, in a non-league match.
Game Summary
Northwestern rolled to a conference win on Monday afternoon at Palmerton by the score of 12-2. The Tigers took control of this game immediately scoring 3 runs in the 1st inning (highlighted by a J Augustus 2- run double). Then adding 6 more in the 2nd (capped by a W Church 3- run double). That would be more than enough runs for the Tigers to get the win. J Farber got the win on the mound for N'Western, going 4 innings, giving up 4 hits, 1 ER, 2 K, 2 HBP. The Tigers used a 13 hit attack - E Zimmerman, B Croneberger, J Augustus and C Dynda all had 2 hit apiece. The win puts Northwestern (4-3, 3-1) on the season.
