For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Bethlehem Catholic and Nazareth Area have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. The Hawks came up short against the Blue Eagles, falling 9-1. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Blue Eagles this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-1 back in March.
Bethlehem Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Bixler, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Bethlehem Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Nazareth Area, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-2.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Bethlehem Catholic is set to challenge their familiar foe Freedom at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Nazareth Area will square off against rival Northampton at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Blue Eagles 1.8, the Konkrete Kids 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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