Baseball Recap: Maine South Hawks vs. Niles West Wolves
Maine South can finally bid farewell to their nine-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Niles West Wolves by a score of 8-5. That's more bragging rights for Maine South, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Sean O'Dowd looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chris Gonzalo, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Constantine Coines, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Maine South's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-9. As for Niles West, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-5.
Maine South didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 8-3 victory vs. Oak Park-River Forest on the 10th. As for Niles West, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Evanston at 4:45 p.m.
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