One gets the feeling that Salisbury and Northwestern Lehigh are going to be seeing more of each other before the high school baseball season is over.

The two teams have met twice during the regular season. They’ve sported the best win-loss records in the Colonial League all season long. A come from behind 7-6 win by the Tigers on Monday evened the season series at one win each after the Falcons had beaten the Tigers back in March.

It looked like the pitching was going to dominate in the game, so when the Falcons put up four runs in the third, it seemed like a huge development. Ultimately, it just changed the thought on how the game would play out.

The big blow in the inning came on a three-run home run by Salisbury’s Tom Lovelidge, who hit a towering shot to left field against starter Shaun O’Donnell. Combined with a run that scored earlier in the inning on a wild pitch, the blast gave the Falcons a 4-0 edge.

Austin Spisszak was on the mound for Salisbury and was victimized by a key error in the third that led to three unearned runs.

With runners on first and third and two outs, Josh Farber hit a ground ball to third that was misplayed and allowed Eli Zimmerman to score. Justin Augustus followed with a two-run double and suddenly, the game was back to a one-run advantage for Salisbury through three innings.

In the top of the fourth, Salisbury shifted to using some small ball to push a run across. Spisszak and Jake Zellin led off with singles and Nate Nunez later singled through the middle to make it a 5-3 advantage for Salisbury.

Again, it looked like the pitching was going to gain control. While O’Donnell exited after four innings for Northwestern, Spisszak was still on the mound for the bottom of the fifth and issued a leadoff walk to Cannon Fitch.

Josh Lichman followed with a single to push Fitch to third with nobody out and Bob Croneberger followed with a sacrifice fly to right to again cut the lead to just a run. Spisszak was able to work through the rest of the inning without any further damage as the Tigers continued to get close but could not tie up the game.

Farber worked through the fifth and sixth innings with a little help from his defense.

With a runner on second and one out, Caleb Gonzalez hit a flyball to center that looked like it was going to drop in for a hit. Eli Zimmerman quickly closed the gap and made a diving catch only to bounce right back up and throw a strike to second. The baserunner, Jake Zellin, was among those who thought it would fall in and was caught off the bag when Zimmerman’s throw arrived.

The Tigers finally chased Spisszak in the bottom of the sixth. After Salisbury’s Jacob Bucchin made a diving catch to rob Watson Church of a hit to open the inning, Cole Dynda singled to right and moved to second when Zimmerman worked a walk. Fitch stepped to the plate and lined a single to right that brought Dynda in to score, tying the game, and Zimmerman went to third. Lichman drew a walk to load the bases and force the exit of Spisszak, who had reached 98 pitches in the game. A pair of wild pitches brought in Zimmerman and Fitch to put the Tigers up 7-5.

“Austin had a little bit of control issues today, but he hung in there and worked hard,” said Salisbury coach Justin Aungst. “He wasn’t quite himself, but our offense helped him out and we were able to stay in the game.”

Bucchin looked to rally the Falcons with two outs and the bases empty in the seventh when he hit a solo home run to left field before Farber was able to get the final out of the game on a pop-up to first.

“We knew they were going to come after us,” said Aungst. “We figure that we are going to have to face them again for the league title and then again in districts, so there are going to be more games like this one, I’m sure.”

In other game last week, Salisbury (14-2 overall; 11-1 Colonial League) beat Catasauqua 5-2 last Friday at Limeport.

The Rough Riders went ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning and held that lead going into the seventh when the Falcons rallied for five runs.

Austin Spisszak went 2 for 3 with two RBIs in the win, while Andrew Grejda pitched all seven innings while allowing five hits, two earned runs and striking out four Roughies.

The Falcons picked up a 4-0 nonleague win over Dieruff Saturday Owen Fogel had two hits for Salisbry. He also pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out nine Huskies and walking none over seven innings.