The Whitehall Zephyrs will be playing at home against the North Schuylkill Spartans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Whitehall sitting on five straight wins and North Schuylkill on four.
Whitehall will bounce into Saturday's matchup after beating Parkland, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Whitehall walked away with a 7-2 victory over Parkland on Wednesday. With that win, Whitehall brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Whitehall got a great performance from Bradley Kibler as he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Evan Kovalcik, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Schuylkill earned an 8-5 victory over Tamaqua on Wednesday.
Stephan Minahan tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Landen Smith, who went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Collin Stanakis, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Whitehall has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for North Schuylkill, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4.
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