College Park waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Northgate Broncos 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as College Park also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Nathan Leffel spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on seven hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, College Park's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Collin Bankard, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
On Northgate's side, Nate Luehs was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
Even though they lost, Northgate didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
College Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Northgate, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-16.
College Park will have a chance to go back-to-back against Northgate: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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