Baseball Preview: Rolling Meadows Mustangs vs. Hoffman Estates Hawks
The Rolling Meadows Mustangs will be playing at home against the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games Rolling Meadows has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Rolling Meadows took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Elk Grove and snuck past 5-3.
The team relied heavily on Josh Rappa, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Callum Paisley, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hoffman Estates was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 18th straight defeat. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fremd.
Hoffman Estates saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Dillon, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Rolling Meadows' victory ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-15. As for Hoffman Estates, their loss dropped their record down to 6-22.
Everything went Rolling Meadows' way against Hoffman Estates in their previous meeting back in April as Rolling Meadows made off with a 12-4 win. Will Rolling Meadows repeat their success, or does Hoffman Estates have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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