The Whitehall Zephyrs will head out on the road to challenge the Nazareth Area Blue Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Whitehall was able to grind out a solid win over Northampton, taking the game 6-1. Six seems to be a good number for Whitehall as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Whitehall got a great performance from Aurelius Haddad as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Whitehall's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Seth Hoderewski, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Nazareth Area can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. Everything went their way against William Allen as Nazareth Area made off with a 10-3 victory. Winning may never get old, but Nazareth Area sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
David Bertz made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Bertz has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Bertz was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Aidan Butz was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Vincent Paar, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Whitehall and bumps their season record up to 4-4. As for Nazareth Area, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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