The Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals will face off against the Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Blue Island Eisenhower has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 26.
On Monday, Blue Island Eisenhower came up short against Bremen and fell 4-1. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by exactly three runs.
Blue Island Eisenhower saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alejandro Correa, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Thornton Fractional South was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. They put the hurt on Hillcrest with a sharp 13-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Wolves.
Blake Sims and Juan Lozano did most of the damage at the plate: Sims went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one triple, while Lozano went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. Those three runs gave Lozano a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Marnell, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
Thornton Fractional South kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Blue Island Eisenhower's loss dropped their record down to 8-18. As for Thornton Fractional South, their win bumped their record up to 11-18-1.
Thornton Fractional South's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Blue Island Eisenhower has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Thornton Fractional South, though, as they've been averaging only 3.5 strikeouts. Will Blue Island Eisenhower keep running through batters, or will the Red Wolves buck the trend?
Blue Island Eisenhower might still be hurting after the 9-2 defeat they got from Thornton Fractional South when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Will the Cardinals have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
