Tamaqua won against Nativity BVM on Friday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Tamaqua Blue Raiders came out on top against the Jim Thorpe Olympians by a score of 7-3. The victory was familiar territory for Tamaqua who now have three in a row.
Tamaqua got a great performance from Gavan Hess as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Tamaqua's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Mason Ligenza, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
On Jim Thorpe's side, Owen Hubbard was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Nikolas Schwartz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Tamaqua pushed their record up to 9-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Jim Thorpe, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
Tamaqua will head out on the road to face off against Lehighton at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Lehighton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season. As for Jim Thorpe, they will be playing at home against Blue Mountain at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Jim Thorpe has given up an average of 6.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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