Tinley Park is 1-9 against Lemont since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tinley Park Titans will head out on the road to square off against the Lemont Lemont HS at 4:30 p.m. Tinley Park's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Lemont's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Tinley Park stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-3 margin over Thornton Fractional South. The high-scoring effort was just what Tinley Park needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Ella Witherow tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over 4.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Megan Piotrowski, who went 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Natalie Gomez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Lemont lost 10-4 to Beecher on Saturday. Lemont has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lemont saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Raegan Duncan, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Tinley Park's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. As for Lemont, their loss dropped their record down to 18-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Tinley Park hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lemont struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Tinley Park suffered a grim 15-4 defeat to Lemont in their previous matchup back in April. Can Tinley Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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