Baseball Preview: Evergreen Park Mustangs vs. Richards Bulldogs
The Evergreen Park Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Richards Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Evergreen Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.
Evergreen Park can now show off 17 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Crete-Monee. The high-scoring effort was just what Evergreen Park needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Evergreen Park got a massive performance out of Billy Duffner, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Keyser, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Richards' good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Lane Tech by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, Richards' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Richards saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Cody, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Cody has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Evergreen Park pushed their record up to 21-7 with that victory, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Richards, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-5-1.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Evergreen Park has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Richards struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Evergreen Park's way against Richards in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Evergreen Park made off with a 14-4 win. Will Evergreen Park repeat their success, or does Richards have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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