The Oak Lawn Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the De La Salle Meteors at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Oak Lawn is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Oak Lawn came up short against Richards and fell 5-1. The defeat continues a trend for Oak Lawn in their matchups with Richards: they've now lost four in a row.
Oak Lawn saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Berkery, who went 2-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, De La Salle gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lake View an 18-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for De La Salle who now have five in a row.
Julie Guerrero was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Guerrero has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Guerrero was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Mya Alvarez and Samara Agredano did most of the damage at the plate: Alvarez scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Agredano fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Analise Francois, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Oak Lawn's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for De La Salle, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-13 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Oak Lawn hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like De La Salle struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Oak Lawn took their win against De La Salle when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 16-5. Will Oak Lawn repeat their success, or does De La Salle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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