Baseball Recap: Oak Forest Takes Down Hancock in a Playoff Battle

With a playoff win on the line, Oak Forest rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Hancock Eagles by a score of 6-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bengals also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.

Bengals

Previous 5 Games (Home)

05/28/25 vs Hancock	6-1
05/22/25 vs Solorio	9-2
05/17/25 vs Lincoln Park	13-3
05/15/25 vs Shepard	12-2
05/12/25 vs Lemont	2-0

Oak Forest pushed their record up to 22-13-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Hancock, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-18.

As of now, neither Oak Forest nor the Eagles have any future games scheduled.