Baseball Preview: Nazareth Area Blue Eagles vs. Whitehall Zephyrs
The Nazareth Area Blue Eagles will be playing at home against the Whitehall Zephyrs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Nazareth Area can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against William Allen as Nazareth Area made off with a 10-3 win. The victory was nothing new for Nazareth Area as they're now sitting on three straight.
David Bertz made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Bertz has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Bertz was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aidan Butz, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Vincent Paar, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Whitehall was able to grind out a solid win over Northampton on Wednesday, taking the game 6-1. Six seems to be a good number for Whitehall as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Aurelius Haddad tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Whitehall's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Seth Hoderewski, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Nazareth Area has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Whitehall, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Nazareth Area came out on top in a nail-biter against Whitehall when the teams last played back in May of 2021, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Whitehall's Ryan Hausman, who struck out 12 batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Nazareth Area to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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