{"id":153942,"date":"2026-04-01T03:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153942\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:32:18","slug":"nazareth-area-beats-bethlehem-catholic-for-their-third-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153942\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazareth Area Beats Bethlehem Catholic for Their Third Straight Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"IDf0b9aa8f4c7f401398ca98c134eac181\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adc0c0d1-7886-4994-9f44-89d040e8415d.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"IDe0136a5275f0432e8f8cf986920f88cd\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\">Blue Eagles<\/p>\n<p>03\/30\/26 vs Bethlehem Catholic12-303\/25\/26 @ East Stroudsburg South15-003\/24\/26 @ Freedom17-5<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/nazareth\/nazareth-area-blue-eagles\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nazareth Area<\/a> extended their winning streak  to three  on Monday, bumping them up to 3-1. Everything went their way against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/bethlehem\/bethlehem-catholic-hawks\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bethlehem Catholic Hawks<\/a> as they made off with  a  12-3 win. The Blue Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by nine  runs or more this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/nazareth\/nazareth-area-blue-eagles\/athletes\/bobby-grzenda\/?careerid=r5phcso7dmpqa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Bobby Grzenda<\/a> made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he  kept things locked down with   no  earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. What&#8217;s more,  he posted five  strikeouts, the most he&#8217;s  had since back in April of 2025. He was also solid in the batter&#8217;s box,  going 2-for-4 with one  stolen base, one  run,  and one  double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"> In other batting news, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/nazareth\/nazareth-area-blue-eagles\/athletes\/ethan-strawn\/?careerid=s9nlc2ecm79o8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ethan Strawn<\/a> was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with two  stolen bases, two  runs,  and two  RBI. Another player making a difference was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/nazareth\/nazareth-area-blue-eagles\/athletes\/chase-biedermann\/?careerid=5qljmvmcua8p9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Chase Biedermann<\/a>, who  went a perfect 1-for-1 with two  runs, two  RBI,  and one  double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> Nazareth Area  kept the outfield on their toes and  finished the game with 12  hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they&#8217;ve now  got at least 12  hits in three consecutive  matchups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\">As for Bethlehem Catholic, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with the  loss, which was their fourth straight  on the road dating back to last season. Those  road  defeats can&#8217;t be blamed on the team&#8217;s hitting performance across that stretch, as  they  averaged 26.8 runs over those games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\">Like Nazareth Area, Bethlehem Catholic also got a great game from a two-way player: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/bethlehem\/bethlehem-catholic-hawks\/athletes\/louden-hower\/?careerid=2hrej9g2u55k4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Louden Hower<\/a>. He looked comfortable on the mound,   tossing four innings while giving up  three earned runs off   five  hits. Hower was also big at the plate,  going 1-for-2 with two  stolen bases and one  run. That  hit was  his first of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:7\"> In other batting news, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/bethlehem\/bethlehem-catholic-hawks\/athletes\/emmett-burns\/?careerid=dijj0evvdsk66\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Emmett Burns<\/a> made the most of his time in the batter&#8217;s box despite the final result and  got on base  in two of his four plate appearances with two  stolen bases and one  run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:8\"> Looking ahead, Nazareth Area will take on William Allen at 4:00  p.m.  on Tuesday. The Blue Eagles&#8217; pitchers better be ready for this one: the Canaries have averaged an impressive 7.5  runs per game this season. As for Bethlehem Catholic, they will face off against Northampton at 6:00  p.m.  on Tuesday. The Hawks&#8217; pitchers better be ready for this one: the Konkrete Kids have averaged an impressive 12  runs per game this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Eagles 03\/30\/26 vs Bethlehem Catholic12-303\/25\/26 @ East Stroudsburg South15-003\/24\/26 @ Freedom17-5 Nazareth Area extended their winning streak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-153942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}