Baseball Game Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Parkland Trojans

The Freedom Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Parkland Trojans at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Freedom will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Nazareth Area, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Freedom came out on top in a nail-biter against Nazareth Area on Wednesday, sneaking past 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Patriots have posted since April 24, 2024.

Ryan Kullman

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/19/25 @ Nazareth Area	4
04/29/24 @ Northampton	2
04/18/24 @ Stroudsburg	2
04/15/24 @ Easton Area	2
04/12/24 vs Louis E. Dieruff	2

The team relied heavily on Ryan Kullman, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI.

Meanwhile, Parkland gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. Everything went their way against William Allen as Parkland made off with an 8-2 win.

Nathan Unger made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Unger was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with three RBI.

Unger wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jack Streeter, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.