Bangor and Northwestern Lehigh are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Bangor Slaters will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Saturday, Bangor got the win against Notre Dame-Green Pond by a conclusive 9-2. With that win, Bangor brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Jaxson Kreider spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Dylan Keith was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Gino Merlo was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Blue Bombers as they made off with a 12-2 victory. 12 seems to be a good number for Northwestern Lehigh as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Eli Zimmerman was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Augustus, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Bangor's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Northwestern Lehigh, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Bangor came out on top in a nail-biter against Northwestern Lehigh in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 7-6. Does Bangor have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northwestern Lehigh turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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