The Southern Lehigh Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Southern Lehigh's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Palisades on Saturday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pirates. The match marked the first time this season in which Southern Lehigh was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Palisades by a score of 3-1. Notre Dame-Green Pond has struggled against Palisades recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Notre Dame-Green Pond got a good showing from Rachel Fisher, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Notre Dame-Green Pond saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Skyler Howlett, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Southern Lehigh has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Southern Lehigh hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Notre Dame-Green Pond struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Southern Lehigh came out on top in a nail-biter against Notre Dame-Green Pond when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 11-10. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern Lehigh since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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