Whitehall had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the North Schuylkill Spartans and snuck past 3-2. This was payback for Whitehall, who suffered a 5-4 loss the last time these two teams met.
Whitehall got a great performance from Ryan Lindenmuth as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Whitehall saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Kovalcik, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
On North Schuylkill's side, Jaxson Chowansky was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
Even though they lost, North Schuylkill didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Whitehall only tossed five.
Whitehall is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for North Schuylkill, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-5.
Whitehall will head out on the road to challenge William Allen at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Whitehall is facing William Allen at the right time seeing as William Allen is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for North Schuylkill, they will head out on the road to square off against Jim Thorpe at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. North Schuylkill is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
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