Notre Dame-Green Pond and Wilson Area are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Wilson Area Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Notre Dame-Green Pond is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Notre Dame-Green Pond took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They blew past Southern Lehigh 10-3. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Notre Dame-Green Pond considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Rachel Fisher looked comfortable as she tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Notre Dame-Green Pond got a massive performance out of Skyler Howlett, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Sydney Ryan, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Wilson Area lost 9-3 to Palmerton on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for Wilson Area in their matchups with Palmerton: they've now lost seven in a row.
Wilson Area saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Abymarie Colon, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Notre Dame-Green Pond is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Wilson Area, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Notre Dame-Green Pond hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Wilson Area struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Notre Dame-Green Pond came out on top in a nail-biter against Wilson Area when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 5-3. Does Notre Dame-Green Pond have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wilson Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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