The Nazareth Area Blue Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Northampton Konkrete Kids at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Nazareth Area is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Nazareth Area and Bethlehem Catholic have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. The Blue Eagles blew past the Hawks 9-1. The Blue Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
Nazareth Area got a great performance from Avery Kauffman as she struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Kauffman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive appearances.
Natalie Chloros
| 04/25/25 vs Bethlehem Catholic | 6 |
| 04/05/25 vs Notre Dame-Green Pond | 4 |
| 04/21/25 vs Pocono Mountain West | 1 |
| 04/14/25 vs Northampton | 1 |
| 03/28/25 @ Bethlehem Catholic | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Natalie Chloros, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, six RBI, and one stolen base. Those six RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Lily Moretti, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Northampton entered their game against Pine Grove on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Konkrete Kids lost 8-2 to the Cardinals. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Konkrete Kids couldn't push the score so high this time.
Nazareth Area's win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Northampton, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
Nazareth Area beat Northampton 6-2 when the teams last played two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Eagles since the squad 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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