{"id":172379,"date":"2026-04-22T01:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172379\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:19:27","slug":"bethlehem-central-eagles-vs-columbia-blue-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172379\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Central Eagles vs. Columbia Blue Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem Central<\/a> and Columbia<\/a> are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Blue Devils at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.<\/p>\n

Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Bethlehem Central turned things around against La Salle Institute on Friday. They blew past the Cadets 13-3. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Eagles considering their one-run performance the matchup before.<\/p>\n

Tate Kindlon<\/a> looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.<\/p>\n

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Scott Hutton<\/p>\n

04\/17\/26 @ La Salle Institute304\/06\/26 vs Albany103\/25\/26 vs Maple Hill105\/14\/25 @ Saratoga Springs105\/06\/25 @ Niskayuna1<\/p>\n

At the plate, Scott Hutton<\/a> was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Daniel Leach<\/a> was another key player, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as La Salle Institute only posted a batting average of .120.<\/p>\n

While Columbia didn’t have the best season last year (they finished 9-12), it’s starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victors by a 13-4 margin over Mamaroneck on Saturday. With that win, the Blue Devils brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.<\/p>\n

Matthew Burek<\/a> made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed six innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Burek was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double.<\/p>\n

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ascher Melino<\/a>, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one double. Another player making a difference was Jackson Stilson<\/a>, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Central’s victory bumped their record up to 3-4-1. As for Columbia, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Central’s speedy runners might be the difference in Monday’s game. The Eagles have been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.9 stolen bases per game. It’s a different story for Columbia, though, as they’ve been averaging only 1.3 stolen bases. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Bethlehem Central continue to outrun the ball?<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Central couldn’t quite finish off Columbia in their previous meeting back in May of 2025 and fell 5-3. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Central and Columbia are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-172379","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\/172379","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=172379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}