Baseball Preview: Palmerton Blue Bombers vs. Palisades Pirates
The Palmerton Blue Bombers will head out on the road to take on the Palisades Pirates at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Palmerton is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Things were looking good for Palmerton after they put the first points on the board on Thursday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. Their rough 11-4 loss to Southern Lehigh might stick with them for a while.
Jacob Grammes was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Grammes has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Grammes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Grammes wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jason Carrelli, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Palisades suffered a tough 12-2 defeat at the hands of Bangor on Thursday. Palisades has not had much luck with Bangor recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Palmerton's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Palisades, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Palmerton beat Palisades 13-10 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palmerton since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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