Baseball Recap: Eight Straight Home Wins for Antioch

Antioch had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Grayslake North on Monday. The Sequoits never let the Knights get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Sequoits also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.

Antioch got a great performance from Ben Clausen as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caiden Mentkowski, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Evan Schmidt, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles and one run.

Sequoits

Previous Games (Home)

05/12/25 vs Grayslake North	10-0
05/09/25 vs Lakes	4-3
05/06/25 vs Lakes	6-0
04/30/25 vs Grayslake Central	2-1
04/25/25 vs Grant Community	3-2
+ 3 more games

Antioch's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-9-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Grayslake North, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-21.

Antioch will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Knights: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.