Baseball Game Preview: Northwestern Lehigh Tigers vs. Palmerton Blue Bombers

Northwestern Lehigh has won five straight games at home, while Palmerton has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Tigers will welcome the Blue Bombers at 4:15 p.m. Northwestern Lehigh is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.

Northwestern Lehigh is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Jim Thorpe just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 7-4 to the Olympians.

Cannon Fitch

Stolen Base

04/30/25 @ Jim Thorpe	1
04/27/25 vs Lehighton	1
04/25/25 vs Northern Lehigh	1
04/24/25 @ Lehighton	1
04/22/25 vs Jim Thorpe	2
04/21/25 @ Pen Argyl	2

Cannon Fitch was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Eli Zimmerman was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.

Meanwhile, Palmerton was able to grind out a solid win over Lehighton on Tuesday, taking the game 9-5. That's two games straight that the Blue Bombers have won by exactly four runs.

Luke Matkso was excellent, going 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Greyson Ahner, who went 1-for-2 with four RBI.

Palmerton is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their loss dropped their record down to 16-3.

Everything went Northwestern Lehigh's way against Palmerton in their previous matchup back in April, as Northwestern Lehigh made off with a 13-4 win. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Blue Bombers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.