Scoring runs in their last three at-bats switched a one-run lead to an 8-3 victory for the Carbon Monarchs over the Northern Valley Chargers in a Lehigh Valley Legion contest Tuesday.

Carbon jumped out to a 4-0 first-inning lead. Garrett Lienhard led off with a single to left field. Aiden Rarick followed with a base hit and his brother, Ian, walked to load the bases with no outs.

After Lienhard scored on a throwing error, Randy Bongiorno was safe on an RBI fielder’s choice and Richie Strack and Jack Edwards drove in runs with infield outs.

Monarchs starting pitcher Matt Craigie worked out of jams in the first and third innings, allowing just one run on an infield hit by Wesley George - who drove in Sam Mauro, who had been hit by a pitch and stolen a base.

Northern Valley hurler Nick Bogert settled down after a rough first frame, retiring eight of the next nine Carbon hitters.

“Nick has been our main guy on the mound,” said Chargers coach Brad Rauch. “He gives us good solid innings, and throws a lot of ground ball outs.”

The Chargers climbed back into the game with a two-run, two-out fourth inning rally.

Bogert and Evan Druckenmiller led off with singles and, after a ground out and a fly out, Andrew Diehl knocked in a run and Druckenmiller scored on a wild pitch.

Ahead 4-3 going into the top of the fifth, Michael Yeakel singled to right for Carbon and stole second. Lienhard belted a long double to left to drive in Yeakel.

In the sixth, the visitors added a sixth run on a double to left center by Evan Murphy, which drove in Nick Schwartz - who led off the inning with a base hit to left.

Lienhard had a big day at the plate for Carbon, going 3-for-4 with a single, double and triple.

“I’ve been sitting back and keeping my weight longer on my back leg,” Lienhard said.

“I’ve also been keeping my bottom hand from flying out away from my body, so I’ve been hitting much better lately.”

In the seventh, the Monarchs put up two more runs on an RBI ground out by Schwartz, and a run-scoring single by Strack.

The Chargers left 11 men on base, prompting Rauch to shake his head for another game that lacked his team’s clutch hitting.

“It seems like we’ve left 111 men on base this season,” Rauch said. “We seem to struggle early in games and we have to fight from behind.

“That’s why we try to steal bases to get runners into scoring position, but we’re very young, and the big hits haven’t been coming for us yet.”

Monarchs coach Joe Marykwas was pleased with his team’s overall effort.

“We ran the bases well, and we hit pretty solid from top to bottom,” said Marykwas. “Mattie struggled a bit, but he got himself out of some tough spots and Nick Schwartz did a great job in relief.”

With the win, Carbon improved to 8-6, while Northern Valley fell to 6-6-2.

TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE ... Northern Valley registered the third out in the top of the sixth inning when a fly ball bounced out of the glove of left fielder Zach Russo and into the glove of center fielder Andrew Diehl, who had circled behind Russo and was able to snatch the ball before it hit the ground.

TAG TEAM ... Carbon stifled a Chargers’ third-inning rally on a brilliant double play started by Aiden Rarick, who caught a fly ball in right field and threw home on an attempted tag from third. Catcher Michael Yeakel went up the third base line to catch the throw and reached out to tag the runner who was trying to score.

THE HOME RUN THAT WASN’T ... In the Carbon fifth, Lienhard hit a ball to deep left that appeared to go over the fence. The play was initially ruled a home run, but after an umpire conference, the call was changed to a ground-rule double.

Carbon 400 011 2 - 8 10 0

No. Valley 001 200 0 - 3 6 1

Craigie, Schwartz (5), Leinhard (7) and Yeakel; Bogart, Fenstermaker (7) and Hausman. W - Craigie. L - Bogert.