Tamaqua is 0-10 against Blue Mountain since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Tamaqua Blue Raiders will be playing at home against the Blue Mountain Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Tamaqua will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Tamaqua will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Jim Thorpe on Tuesday. Tamaqua put the hurt on Jim Thorpe with a sharp 12-4 win.
Cooper Ansbach was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Ansbach was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Maximus Najarro was excellent, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Blue Mountain had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Indians out 9-7.
Tamaqua's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 13-6. As for Blue Mountain, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
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