North Schuylkill hasn't had much luck against Blue Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Spartans will square off against the Eagles at 6:30 p.m.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Monday as neither North Schuylkill nor Tamaqua made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Spartans took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Raiders. Spartans fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Blue Raiders since on Monday.
North Schuylkill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Jones, who went 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Blue Mountain). Everything went their way against Selinsgrove on Saturday as they made off with a 19-2 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Eagles, who have now won four matchups in a row.
Blue Mountain pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for North Schuylkill, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.
North Schuylkill suffered a grim 11-4 defeat to Blue Mountain in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Spartans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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