Patriots
| 04/23/25 vs Nazareth Area | 2 |
| 04/21/25 vs Stroudsburg | 9 |
| 04/19/25 @ Northampton | 10 |
| 04/17/25 @ Easton Area | 12 |
| 04/15/25 vs Liberty | 1 |
| + 10 more games |
The Freedom Patriots will face off against the Southern Lehigh Spartans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Freedom is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
Freedom fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Nazareth Area on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Blue Eagles by a score of 4-2. The Patriots' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Michael Horvath was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in March.
On the hitting side, Freedom saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darien Serrano, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Southern Lehigh came tearing into Thursday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Slaters. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by exactly three runs.
Southern Lehigh's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Freedom, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
Freedom beat Southern Lehigh 7-4 in their previous matchup back in March of 2016. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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