Notre Dame-Green Pond and Northwestern Lehigh are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Notre Dame-Green Pond sitting on three straight victories and Northwestern Lehigh on ten.
On Wednesday, Notre Dame-Green Pond beat Northern Lehigh 11-6.
Michael Wachter was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Albert, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. They put the hurt on Catasauqua with a sharp 15-5 win. Northwestern Lehigh's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Northwestern Lehigh let Josh Lichman and Eli Zimmerman loose on the outfield. Lichman went 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Zimmerman scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Zimmerman is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last eight games he's played. Another player making a difference was Bobby Croneberger, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Notre Dame-Green Pond's victory ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 6-7. As for Northwestern Lehigh, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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