Preview: Rich Township Raptors vs. Tinley Park Titans
The Rich Township Raptors will head out on the road to square off against the Tinley Park Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Rich Township earned an 8-4 victory over Blue Island Eisenhower. The win was just what Rich Township needed coming off of a 12-0 defeat in their prior matchup.
Rich Township got a great performance from Rickie Brown as he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Librian Poole and Jesiah Dawson did most of the damage at the plate: Poole scored two runs and stole four bases, while Dawson scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Portillo, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Tinley Park has not done well against Marian Catholic recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Everything went Tinley Park's way against Marian Catholic as Tinley Park made off with a 25-15 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Tinley Park.
Rich Township made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-3-1. As for Tinley Park, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Rich Township might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Tinley Park when the teams last played back in March of 2016. Can Rich Township avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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