The Moore Township Connie Mack team now sits at 13-2 overall, and is two games out of first place. Moore continues to sit in second place as Northwest Bethlehem is 16-0.

Moore had some interesting games last week, as head coach Jarad Haupt described them.

First, the team took a 5-1 lead over South Parkland but eventually the lead was erased and the team trailed 7-5 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. But Moore didn’t quit and ended up walking off with a win in the bottom of the inning to take an 8-7 final.

Moore also had a tight battle with Nazareth before winning the game 3-1.

The games were key as both Nazareth and South Parkland sit in the top-third of the standings, as of early this week, and both look to be playoff teams as the season winds down.

On Monday, the team fell to top-seed Northwest Bethlehem, 15-5.

“We lost to one-seed Northwest Bethlehem. They put a good beating on us, but we have a long week and need to refocus quickly,” Haupt said.

Moore actually led in the game 4-1, but lost the lead in the third inning and couldn’t rebound.

“I’m still so proud of these boys,” Haupt said. “Fifteen games into the season and they put themselves in a great position coming into our most difficult week of the season. [Tuesday] we head to another tough one at Franklin Township who is right behind us in the standings.

“We will continue to battle and play Moore Township baseball.”

Standings

NW Beth 16 0 0

Moore Twp 13 2 0

Franklin Twp 12 3 0

Bangor 11 3 1

S Parkland 11 4 0

So Lehigh 10 5 1

Nazareth 9 5 0

No Valley 7 4 0

Wilson 10 6 0

Becahi 8 5 1

Palmerton 9 6 0

Jim Thorpe 7 7 0

Central 6 6 0

Northampton 6 7 0

Coplay 5 6 0

Emmaus 6 10 0

Stroudsburg 5 9 1

Hellertown 4 9 0

Freemansburg 3 9 0

N Parkland 3 12 0

Salisbury 2 15 0

E Stroudsburg 1 11 0

Easton 1 12 0

Palmer Twp 0 9 0