The Northampton Konkrete Kids will take on the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Northampton has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Pocono Mountain East will arrive with four straight victories.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Northampton's offense. They lost 10-0 to Freedom on Saturday. Konkrete Kids fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Patriots since on Saturday.
Northampton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Hensel, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Saturday as neither Pocono Mountain East nor Whitehall made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Cardinals narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Zephyrs 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Cardinals have posted against the Zephyrs since April 24, 2015.
Camryn Sopko made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Sopko was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
In other pitching news, Pocono Mountain East got a great performance from Brady Marabell as he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Marabell a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Bobby Ehrmann, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
Northampton's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Pocono Mountain East, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
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