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By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 7:47am

Baseball Preview: Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves vs. Oak Forest Bengals

The Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves will head out on the road to square off against the Oak Forest Bengals at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Thornton Fractional South is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.

Thornton Fractional South will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Oak Forest, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Thornton Fractional South had just enough and edged Oak Forest out 6-5.

For Oak Forest's part, Andrew Lucas was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.

Even though they lost, Oak Forest kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. This was only their first loss (out of seven games) when they post 11 or more hits.

Thornton Fractional South is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Oak Forest, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-6.

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