Local Baseball Roundup
Northern Valley played to a five-inning draw with Lower Macungie in Lehigh Valley Legion action, while Northern Lehigh fell to Southern Lehigh in LV Sr. Connie Mack baseball.
LV Legion
Lower Macungie-Northern Valley
Northern Valley and Lower Macungie played to a 2-2 through five innings.
The Chargers’ Brayden Buskirk was the only batter with more than one hit in the game as he went 2-for-3 and knocked in two runs.
Nick Buskirk pitched all five innings for Northern Valley and allowed just one hit and no earned runs while walking four batters and striking out five.
Lower Mac. 000 02 - 2 1 0
Northern Valley 001 01 - 2 7 1
Simmons, Hummel (3) and Schmidt; N. Buskirk and B. Buskirk.
Records: Northern Valley (6-5); Lower Macungie (7-6).
LV Sr. Connie Mack
Northern Lehigh-S. Lehigh
Behind a 3-for-4 effort from Braden Greenawald, the Spartans battled back from an early 2-0 hole to beat the Bulldogs 8-3.
Paul Porbenksi went 2-for-3 for Northern Lehigh while also knocking in a run. Braedon Dougherty walked twice and scored twice for the Bulldogs.
No. Lehigh 200 100 0 - 3 5 7
So. Lehigh 112 022 x - 6 8 1
Christman, Kabrick (6) and Kabrick, Wanamaker (6); Barone, Moscato (2), Thompson (4) and Greenawald. W - Moscato. L - Christman.
Records: Northern Lehigh (5-10-1); Southern Lehigh (12-1)