The Southern Lehigh Spartans will challenge the Jim Thorpe Olympians 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'.
Southern Lehigh is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Palisades on Thursday. They fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 3-2. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Jim Thorpe suffered their closest defeat since May 4, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Northern Lehigh by a score of 8-6. Olympians fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Bulldogs since on Friday.
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. Another was Nathan Frantz, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
With the loss, Southern Lehigh broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-4. As for Jim Thorpe, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-4.
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