Baseball Game Preview: Tamaqua Blue Raiders vs. Blue Mountain Eagles

Tamaqua has won eight straight games at home, while Blue Mountain has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Blue Raiders will welcome the Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Tamaqua will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Tamaqua is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 13-9 victory over Conrad Weiser on Thursday.

Cooper Ansbach was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in eight consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one triple and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.

In other batting news, Luke Kane was incredible, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and three RBI. What's more, he posted three hits, the most he's had since back in March. Mason Ligenza was another key player, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs.

Tamaqua always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .578. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Blue Mountain came out on top against Northern Lebanon on Saturday by a score of 4-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Blue Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Tamaqua, their victory bumped their record up to 15-1.

Tamaqua came out on top in a nail-biter against Blue Mountain in their previous matchup on April 3rd, sneaking past 2-0. Will the Blue Raiders repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.