Evergreen Park won against Shepard last Tuesday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Evergreen Park Mustangs came out on top in a nail-biter against the Shepard Astros and snuck past 6-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Evergreen Park.
Evergreen Park got a great performance from Michael Rodriguez as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. Rodriguez has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Evergreen Park let Luke Medina and Tyler Kummer loose on the outfield. Medina scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Kummer scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Caleb Keyser, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Evergreen Park is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-9 record this season. As for Shepard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-18.
Evergreen Park will be playing in front of their home fans against Thornton Fractional South at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Thornton Fractional South will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Shepard, they will head out on the road to take on Tinley Park at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Tinley Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
