Baseball Game Preview: Pocono Mountain East Cardinals vs. Nazareth Area Blue Eagles

The Pocono Mountain East Cardinals will square off against the Nazareth Area Blue Eagles at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Pocono Mountain East is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.

Nazareth Area will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Pocono Mountain East extended their winning streak to three on Thursday. The Cardinals put the hurt on East Stroudsburg North with a sharp 11-1 win.

Rily Calemmo

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/01/25 vs East Stroudsburg North	4
04/21/25 @ Northampton	3
03/26/25 @ Freedom	3
04/25/25 @ Pleasant Valley	2
04/14/25 vs Pocono Mountain West	2

Rily Calemmo looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Rocco DelGiudice, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Justin Williams, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Pocono Mountain East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .450. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Nazareth Area unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Liberty by a score of 4-3.

Nazareth Area saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Kilareski, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that Kilareski has launched this season.

Pocono Mountain East's victory bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Nazareth Area, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 13-5.

Pocono Mountain East couldn't quite get it done against Nazareth Area in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 as they fell 7-4. Will the Cardinals have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.