It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Whitehall had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals. The win made it back-to-back victories for Whitehall.
Evan Kovalcik made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Kovalcik was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Whitehall let Seth Hoderewski and Zack Schaedel loose on the outfield. Hoderewski scored a run while going 1-for-4, while Schaedel scored a run while going 3-for-4. Tyler Reichenbach was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
On Pocono Mountain East's side, Jayden Martinez made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Pocono Mountain East didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Whitehall only tossed six.
Whitehall is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Pocono Mountain East, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-6.
Whitehall will challenge Radnor at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Radnor's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Whitehall's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Pocono Mountain East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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