Baseball Preview: Conant Cougars vs. Hoffman Estates Hawks
Conant is 8-2 against Hoffman Estates since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Conant Cougars will look to defend their home field against the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 4:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Conant has four straight victories, Hoffman Estates has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Conant will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-point they dealt Stagg on Saturday. Conant was the clear victor by a 9-2 margin over Stagg.
Aniik Patel looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Conant let Josh Barnett and Cooper Hanson loose on the outfield. Barnett scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Hanson got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Jake Parpet was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hoffman Estates fell victim to a tough 8-1 loss at the hands of Buffalo Grove on Friday.
Hoffman Estates saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaden Holmes, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Conant's win bumped their record up to 12-3. As for Hoffman Estates, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Conant took their victory against Hoffman Estates in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 15-6. Will Conant repeat their success, or does Hoffman Estates have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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