Baseball Preview: Nazareth Area Blue Eagles vs. Easton Area Rovers
Nazareth Area is 7-2 against Easton Area since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Nazareth Area Blue Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Easton Area Rovers at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nazareth Area has four straight victories, Easton Area has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Nazareth Area's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Whitehall out 1-0. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Nazareth Area has scored all season.
The team relied heavily on Mason Kuehner, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Fitzgerald, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Easton Area fell victim to a tough 11-1 loss at the hands of Freedom on Monday.
Easton Area saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Shollenberger, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Nazareth Area has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Easton Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Nazareth Area was able to grind out a solid victory over Easton Area when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 10-5. Does Nazareth Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Easton Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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