Baseball Preview: Oak Park Northmen vs. Blue Springs Wildcats
The Oak Park Northmen will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Blue Springs Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blue Springs is hoping to do on Monday what Truman couldn't on Friday: put an end to Oak Park's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Oak Park came out on top against Truman by a score of 7-2.
Aiden Hinkle made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Hinkle was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Anderson Dial and Alexander Chester did most of the damage at the plate: Dial scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Chester scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Kirby Super, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, everything went Blue Springs' way against Grain Valley on Wednesday as Blue Springs made off with a 9-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Blue Springs.
Oak Park is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-12 record this season. As for Blue Springs, they pushed their record up to 14-7 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Oak Park couldn't quite finish off Blue Springs when the teams last played back in March of 2017 and fell 2-0. Will Oak Park have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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