Whitehall is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Emmaus is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Whitehall Zephyrs will take on the Emmaus Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Whitehall's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Northampton's usually-dominant pitching crew. Whitehall walked away with an 11-6 victory over Northampton. With that win, Whitehall brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Bradley Kibler looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Rob Yankowy was a standout: he got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Reichenbach, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Emmaus put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on Pocono Mountain East with a sharp 9-2 victory.
Josiah Williams made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Williams has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Williams was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs and five RBI while going 3-for-3.
Williams wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cohen Schadler, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Emmit Budick, who scored three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Whitehall has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Emmaus, their win bumped their record up to 12-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Whitehall has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Emmaus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Whitehall might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Emmaus when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Emmaus' Shane Ohl, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Now that Whitehall knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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