The Bangor Slaters will take on the Lehighton Indians at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Bangor's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Lehighton has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
On Thursday, Bangor got the win against Moravian Academy by a conclusive 11-2.
Luke Rinaldi made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Rinaldi was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That double was his first of the season.
Nolan Koza
| 05/01/25 vs Moravian Academy | 3 |
| 04/04/25 vs Salisbury Township | 2 |
| 03/29/25 vs Notre Dame-Green Pond | 2 |
| 04/29/25 @ Jim Thorpe | 1 |
| 04/28/25 @ Notre Dame-Green Pond | 1 |
In other batting news, Nolan Koza was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Panczer, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Bangor was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Lehighton came up short against Executive Education Academy Charter School on Thursday and fell 6-1.
Bangor is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-9-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Lehighton, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
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