The Allentown Central Catholic Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Freedom Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Allentown Central Catholic scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. They walked away with a 7-2 win over Bethlehem Catholic. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Allentown Central Catholic got a great performance from Matt Rader as he pitched 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
Meanwhile, Freedom got the win against Easton Area on Monday by a conclusive 11-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Freedom.
The team relied heavily on John Phillips, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jarred Peluso, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Allentown Central Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for Freedom, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Allentown Central Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Freedom in their previous meeting back in May of 2021, sneaking past 6-5. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Freedom's Nate Mikulski, who struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Allentown Central Catholic to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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