Baseball Preview: Tinley Park Titans vs. Hillcrest Hawks
Tinley Park is 10-0 against Hillcrest since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Tinley Park Titans will head out on the road to challenge the Hillcrest Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Tinley Park is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Homewood-Flossmoor just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 13-4 to the Vikings.
Nolan Maciejewski was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean McCullough, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 16-2 to Blue Island Eisenhower on Thursday.
Daquan Dennis made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Tinley Park's defeat dropped their record down to 15-9. As for Hillcrest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Hillcrest's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Tinley Park hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .362. It's a different story for Hillcrest, though, as they've only averaged .106. Will they be able to contain Tinley Park's hitters?
Tinley Park was able to grind out a solid victory over Hillcrest in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, winning 8-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tinley Park since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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