Baseball Preview: Lehighton Indians vs. Blue Mountain Eagles
Lehighton is 1-9 against Blue Mountain since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Lehighton Indians will head out on the road to challenge the Blue Mountain Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lehighton took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Jim Thorpe 16-15. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Lehighton considering their one-run performance the match before.
Cole Dietz made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Dietz was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Aiden Rarick was incredible, firing off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Jayse Lawrence, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Blue Mountain waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Cougars out 2-1.
Lehighton's win bumped their record up to 12-6. As for Blue Mountain, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Lehighton might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Blue Mountain in their previous matchup back in April. Can Lehighton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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