Baseball Recap: Oak Forest Bengals vs. Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals
Oak Forest put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They blew past the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals 14-4. The win was familiar territory for Oak Forest who now have five in a row.
Micky Kelly looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Oak Forest let Grant Fletcher and Andrew Lucas loose on the outfield. Fletcher went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple, while Lucas scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. Hunter Johnson was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Oak Forest is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-6 record this season. As for Blue Island Eisenhower, they dropped their record down to 2-24 with that loss, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Oak Forest will look to defend their home field on Monday against Lincoln Park at 4:30 p.m. Oak Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season. As for Blue Island Eisenhower, they will head out on the road to take on Shepard at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Blue Island Eisenhower is facing Shepard at the right time seeing as Shepard is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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