Baseball Recap: Ricky Hamm leads a balanced attack to beat Bolingbrook

By Team Reports May 6, 2024, 5:44pm

Baseball Recap: Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings vs. Bolingbrook Raiders

After losing to Bolingbrook the last time they met, Homewood-Flossmoor decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Bolingbrook Raiders 6-4.

Antonio Brown looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

At the plate, Homewood-Flossmoor saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricky Hamm, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendall Ellis, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

On Bolingbrook's side, Ryan Witt was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.

The victory got Homewood-Flossmoor back to even at 13-13. As for Bolingbrook, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-14.

Homewood-Flossmoor will take on St. Rita at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Rita is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season. As for Bolingbrook, they will head out on the road to face off against Reavis at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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