The Jim Thorpe Olympians will head out on the road to take on the Southern Lehigh Spartans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Jim Thorpe came into this matchup off a tough 12-run defeat last Wednesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Northern Lehigh by a score of 8-6 on Friday. The Olympians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jim Thorpe saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Lazorick, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Michael Antignani also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Southern Lehigh was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They fell just short of Palisades by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Jim Thorpe now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Southern Lehigh, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-4.
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