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Shepard Richards

Astros

Bulldogs

The Richards (Oak Lawn, IL) varsity baseball team won Monday's home conference game against Shepard (Palos Heights, IL) by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Shepard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Richards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

Final score provided by R. Haynes.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Shepard edges Richards

May 11, 2026: Oak Lawn, IL 60453

The crowd at Monday's league battle between the Shepard Astros (Palos Heights, IL) and the host Richards Bulldogs (Oak Lawn, IL), saw Shepard's baseball team gain a win over Richards by a tally of 3-1.

The Astros (11-15) will now prepare for their battle against Richards (Oak Lawn, IL). The Bulldogs enter the South Suburban - Red battle with a 15-11 record. In their last battle, Richards held off Shepard (Palos Heights, IL), 6-5, in a league battle.

Next, the Bulldogs face the Shepard Astros (Palos Heights, IL) in a South Suburban - Red battle, on Tuesday, May 12. Richards will attempt to upgrade on its 15-11 season record. The Astros enter the battle with a 11-15 record after their 6-5 league loss to Richards (Oak Lawn, IL).

Shepard @ Richards Baseball Game Info

Mon., May. 11, 2026 @ 4:30p

Richards High School

The Richards (Oak Lawn, IL) varsity baseball team won Monday's home conference game against Shepard (Palos Heights, IL) by a score of 6-5.

Rankings & Records

Shepard (25-26)

IL	Class
324	116

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-19	8-10	5-8	6-11	.367	.444	158	184

Richards (25-26)

IL	Class
173	86

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-11	9-6	10-4	8-7	.621	.600	215	140

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Shepard	.6	1.0	.7	.5	.6	.7	.5	0	5.3	5.5	1.6
Richards	2.2	.9	1.5	.4	2.0	1.5	.7	2.0	7.4	7.2	1.3

Head-to-Head

Richards won last week

5/11 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Shepard - - - - - - - 5 - -
Richards - - - - - - - 6 - -

The Shepard (Palos Heights, IL) varsity baseball team lost Monday's away conference game against Richards (Oak Lawn, IL) by a score of 6-5.
Box score
Richards won last week

5/12 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Richards 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 - -
Shepard 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - -

The Richards (Oak Lawn, IL) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Shepard (Palos Heights, IL) by a score of 3-2.
Box score

5/12 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Richards	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	-	-
Shepard	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Shepard	9-14		Richards	14-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/19/26	Shepard	Marian Catholic	(L) 2-1	5/2/26	Richards	Marian Catholic	(L) 6-1
3/21/26	Shepard	Marist	(L) 4-1	5/22/26	Richards	Marist
3/28/26	Shepard	Sandburg	(L) 9-1	3/27/26	Sandburg	Richards	(L) 8-0
4/8/26	Shepard	Chicago Christian	(L) 10-0	3/23/26	Richards	Chicago Christian	(W) 7-2
4/11/26	Thornton Fractional South	Shepard	(L) 18-8	4/14/26	Richards	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 3-0
4/11/26	Joliet Central	Shepard	(W) 6-4	4/4/26	Joliet Central	Richards	(W) 12-3
4/13/26	Blue Island Eisenhower	Shepard	(W) 9-1	5/18/26	Blue Island Eisenhower	Richards	(W) 10-0
4/14/26	Shepard	Blue Island Eisenhower	(W) 9-3	5/19/26	Richards	Blue Island Eisenhower
4/15/26	Stagg	Shepard	(L) 11-4	3/20/26	Richards	Stagg	(W) 9-1
4/16/26	Shepard	Hillcrest	(W) 15-0	5/7/26	Richards	Hillcrest	(W) 22-3
4/20/26	Oak Lawn	Shepard	(L) 2-0	4/6/26	Oak Lawn	Richards	(W) 8-5
4/24/26	Shepard	Oak Lawn	(L) 4-2	4/7/26	Richards	Oak Lawn	(L) 13-1
4/22/26	Shepard	Lemont	(L) 10-0	4/24/26	Lemont	Richards	(L) 5-2
4/25/26	Tinley Park	Shepard	(W) 5-4	4/30/26	Richards	Tinley Park	(L) 10-2
4/28/26	Shepard	Argo	(W) 14-5	5/5/26	Argo	Richards	(W) 15-0
5/1/26	Argo	Shepard	(W) 7-1	5/6/26	Richards	Argo	(W) 14-0
4/29/26	Shepard	Bremen	(W) 3-2	5/14/26	Bremen	Richards	(W) 6-5
5/5/26	Reavis	Shepard	(L) 5-3	4/20/26	Richards	Reavis	(L) 11-7
5/6/26	Shepard	Reavis	(L) 9-8	4/22/26	Reavis	Richards	(W) 10-2
5/8/26	Shepard	Thornton Fractional North	(W) 19-1	4/23/26	Thornton Fractional North	Richards	(W) 16-0
5/14/26	Oak Forest	Shepard	(L) 9-7	4/16/26	Richards	Oak Forest	(W) 6-2
5/16/26	Andrew	Shepard	(L) 12-0	4/3/26	Richards	Andrew	(L) 7-1
5/18/26	Shepard	Evergreen Park	(L) 11-1	4/28/26	Richards	Evergreen Park	(L) 3-0
5/19/26	Evergreen Park	Shepard		4/29/26	Evergreen Park	Richards	(L) 5-4
5/23/26	Shepard	Crete-Monee		4/11/26	Crete-Monee	Richards	(W) 13-7

Record Breakdown

Shepard (25-26)		Richards (25-26)
11-19	Overall	18-11
8-10	League	9-6
3-9	Non-League	9-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
9-14	Common Opponent	14-9
5-8	Home	10-4
6-11	Away	8-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-19	In-State	18-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0