The Lehighton Indians will head out to challenge the Palisades Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lehighton has six straight victories, Palisades has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, Lehighton got the win against Salisbury Township by a conclusive 13-3. Considering the Indians have won four contests by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Jayse Lawrence
| 03/29/25 @ Salisbury Township | 3 |
| 04/26/24 @ Shenandoah Valley | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Pen Argyl | 1 |
| 05/02/24 vs Jim Thorpe | 1 |
| 04/18/24 vs Pine Grove | 1 |
Jayse Lawrence and Cody Snyder did most of the damage at the plate: Lawrence scored a run while going 3-for-5, while Snyder scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Lawrence a new career-high in RBI (three). Keyden Ahner also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Lehighton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Palisades didn't have quite enough to beat Jim Thorpe on Saturday and fell 2-1.
Palisades saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anderson Hsu, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Lehighton pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.the team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team won's by an average of 7.2 runs thus far As for Palisades, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Lehighton's speedy runners might be the difference in Monday's match. Lehighton has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Palisades, though, as they've been averaging only 0.2 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Lehighton continue to outrun the ball? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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