Baseball Preview: St. Rita Mustangs vs. Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings
The St. Rita Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Rita is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
St. Rita is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Providence Catholic, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (St. Rita was ranked 17th). St. Rita lost 12-4 to Providence Catholic on Monday.
St. Rita got a good showing from Will Forsythe, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, St. Rita saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Smith, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Jackson Stanek, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Homewood-Flossmoor sidestepped Bolingbrook for a 6-4 win.
Antonio Brown looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
St. Rita's defeat dropped their record down to 20-9. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. St. Rita hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Homewood-Flossmoor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
St. Rita skirted past Homewood-Flossmoor 4-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Rita since the team 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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