Baseball Game Preview: Blue Island Eisenhower Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 4:57am

Baseball Preview: Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals vs. Oak Lawn Spartans

Blue Island Eisenhower is 1-9 against Oak Lawn since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals will look to defend their home field against the Oak Lawn Spartans at 4:30 p.m.

Blue Island Eisenhower is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Oak Lawn on Monday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (12-2), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.

For Oak Lawn's part, Justin Canvin was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Canvin has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Canvin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Oak Lawn got a massive performance out of Ethan Collins, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Charlie Cizek was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.

Blue Island Eisenhower's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Oak Lawn, the win got them back to even at 11-11.

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