Minooka is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Lockport is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Minooka Indians will take on the Lockport Porters at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The pair are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Minooka stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against Plainfield East as Minooka made off with a 10-2 victory.
Marina Hristov spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on nine hits.
On the hitting side, Jaelle Hamilton was incredible, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Sofia Dziuba, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lockport was not the first on the board last Tuesday, but they got there more often. They blew past Homewood-Flossmoor 9-3.
Kelcie McGraw made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out 12 batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). McGraw was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
In other batting news, Lockport got a big performance out of Giuliana Giordano, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Morgan Spodarek was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
Minooka's win bumped their record up to 24-2-1. As for Lockport, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Minooka hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lockport struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Minooka might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Lockport in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Will Minooka have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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