Spartans
| 04/01/26 @ Crete-Monee | 17 |
| 04/28/26 @ Blue Island Eisenhower | 14 |
| 04/23/26 @ Thornton Fractional South | 13 |
| 05/16/26 vs Lincoln Park | 12 |
| 05/09/26 @ Plainfield Central | 12 |
Oak Lawn waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lincoln Park Lions a 12-0 shutout. Considering the Spartans have won 13 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Blake Hovanes looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Justin Canvin was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Oak Lawn: the team is 15-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 6-8 otherwise. Hamza Abdelfattah was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI, one triple, and one run.
Oak Lawn was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
Oak Lawn's record is now 21-10. As for Lincoln Park, they dropped their record down to 8-20-2 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming matchups. Oak Lawn will venture away from home to face off against Reavis at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Spartans' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Rams have averaged an impressive 7.4 runs per game this season. As for Lincoln Park, they will head out on the road to square off against Northside at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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