Baseball Game Preview: Oswego Panthers vs. Yorkville Foxes

The Oswego Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Yorkville Foxes at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oswego has three straight wins, Yorkville has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Oswego proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by nine) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over West Aurora.

Meanwhile, Yorkville came up short against Minooka on Wednesday and fell 6-2.

Yorkville's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10-1. As for Oswego, their win bumped their record up to 19-5.

Oswego came out on top in a nail-biter against Yorkville in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.