Baseball Preview: Lincoln-Way Central Knights vs. Sandburg Eagles
Lincoln-Way Central has been on the road for five straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Sandburg Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lincoln-Way Central: 3.6, Sandburg: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lincoln-Way Central put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Homewood-Flossmoor an 11-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Sandburg unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Lincoln-Way West by a score of 5-3.
Lincoln-Way Central's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Sandburg, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-2.
Lincoln-Way Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Sandburg in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Will Lincoln-Way Central repeat their success, or does Sandburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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