Baseball Preview: Lehighton Indians vs. Tamaqua Blue Raiders
The Lehighton Indians will be playing at home against the Tamaqua Blue Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lehighton comes in on four and Tamaqua on three.
Lehighton can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. Everything went their way against Saucon Valley as Lehighton made off with an 8-1 win. Eight seems to be a good number for Lehighton as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Brady O'Donnell was a standout: he went 4-for-4 with three stolen bases and three RBI. He hasn't dropped below three RBI for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Rarick, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tamaqua won against Nativity BVM on Friday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Tamaqua walked away with a 7-3 win over Jim Thorpe.
Gavan Hess tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Tamaqua's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mason Ligenza, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Lehighton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Tamaqua, they pushed their record up to 9-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Lehighton has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Tamaqua struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.5. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Lehighton couldn't quite finish off Tamaqua in their previous matchup back in March and fell 6-4. Will Lehighton have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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