Baseball Game Recap: Downers Grove North Trojans vs. Oak Park-River Forest Huskies

By Team Reports Apr 21, 2024, 4:12pm

Baseball Recap: Downers Grove North Trojans vs. Oak Park-River Forest Huskies

Downers Grove North came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies 4-2. That's more bragging rights for Downers Grove North, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Downers Grove North got a great performance from Jimmy Reilly as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jimmy Janicki, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.

Downers Grove North is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. As for Oak Park-River Forest, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-9.

Coincidentally, the pair will both be playing Leyden the next time they take the field. Downers Grove North will host Leyden at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Oak Park-River Forest will head out to face them at 10:00 a.m. on May 4th.

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