Baseball Recap: Oak Forest Bengals vs. Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings
Oak Forest entered their tilt with Homewood-Flossmoor with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings on Wednesday.
Andrew Dawson tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Oak Forest's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christian DeGroot, who went 3-for-3 with a double.
On Homewood-Flossmoor's side, Henry Humes was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and only one walk). Humes has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Ricky Hamm made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Oak Forest is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.
Oak Forest will take on Reavis at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Oak Forest's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Reavis' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, they will play host again on Saturday to welcome Morgan Park, where first pitch is scheduled at 11:00 a.m.
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