Tigers
| 05/01/25 vs Palmerton | 4 |
| 04/30/25 @ Jim Thorpe | 4 |
| 04/27/25 vs Lehighton | 2 |
| 04/25/25 vs Northern Lehigh | 12 |
| 04/24/25 @ Lehighton | 9 |
| + 15 more games |
The Northwestern Lehigh Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Hamburg Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Northwestern Lehigh is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
Things were looking good for Northwestern Lehigh after they put the first run on the board on Thursday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Palmerton by a score of 5-4. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Josh Farber spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits.
At the plate, Northwestern Lehigh saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eli Zimmerman, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Hamburg had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 6-2.
Hamburg's win bumped their record up to 13-7. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4.
Northwestern Lehigh was able to grind out a solid victory over Hamburg when the teams last played back in April of 2019, winning 7-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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