Southern Lehigh and Bangor are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Southern Lehigh Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bangor Slaters at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southern Lehigh will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
In what's become a running theme this season, Southern Lehigh gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They never let Salisbury Township onto the board and left with a 9-0 win.
Bangor aren't just finding success at home, as their game on Tuesday extended their overall winning streak to three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Pen Argyl.
Jacob Labarre tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bangor saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxson Kreider, who scored a run while going 1-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of MJ Siu, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Southern Lehigh has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Bangor, their win bumped their record up to 11-9.
Everything went Southern Lehigh's way against Bangor in their previous matchup back in April as Southern Lehigh made off with an 11-2 victory. Does Southern Lehigh have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bangor turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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