Baseball Preview: Jim Thorpe Olympians vs. North Schuylkill Spartans
Jim Thorpe is 2-8 against North Schuylkill since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Jim Thorpe Olympians will look to defend their home field against the North Schuylkill Spartans at 4:30 p.m. North Schuylkill took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Jim Thorpe, who comes in off a win.
On Saturday, Jim Thorpe was able to grind out a solid win over Panther Valley, taking the game 4-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Jim Thorpe.
Michael Antignani was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a triple and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Nikolas Schwartz, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, North Schuylkill unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Whitehall by a score of 3-2.
Jaxson Chowansky made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Jim Thorpe's victory bumped their record up to 4-10. As for North Schuylkill, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
Jim Thorpe might still be hurting after the 17-10 defeat they got from North Schuylkill in their previous meeting on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Schuylkill's Hunter Rogers, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Now that Jim Thorpe knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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