Baseball Preview: Easton Area Rovers vs. Nazareth Area Blue Eagles
Easton Area is 2-7 against Nazareth Area since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Easton Area Rovers will head out on the road to face off against the Nazareth Area Blue Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Neither Easton Area nor Nazareth Area posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Easton Area is is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Monday. Their tough 11-1 loss to Freedom might stick with them for a while.
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.
Meanwhile, Nazareth Area waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Zephyrs onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Nazareth Area has scored all season.
Mason Kuehner was excellent, scoring a run and stealing 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.
Easton Area's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Nazareth Area, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Easton Area came up short against Nazareth Area in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 10-5. Can Easton Area avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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