Olympians
| 03/27/25 vs Salisbury Township | 6 |
| 03/25/25 @ Pen Argyl | 10 |
| 03/21/25 vs Wilson Area | 10 |
| 03/19/25 vs Notre Dame-Green Pond | 4 |
The Jim Thorpe Olympians will face off against the Palisades Pirates at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Jim Thorpe is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
Jim Thorpe fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Salisbury Township on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 7-6.
Jim Thorpe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zack Murphy, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Murphy a new career-high in RBI (three).
Meanwhile, Palisades fell victim to Salisbury Township and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Falcons. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Falcons recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Jim Thorpe's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-2. As for Palisades, they now have a losing record of 1-2.
Palisades' pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Jim Thorpe has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .448. It's a different story for Palisades, though, as they've only averaged .289. Will they be able to contain Jim Thorpe's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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