Evergreen Park and Oak Forest squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Evergreen Park had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Oak Forest Bengals by a score of 2-1. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Evergreen Park of the 5-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April.
Evergreen Park saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Yarim Garcia, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Evergreen Park didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Oak Forest only tossed seven.
On Oak Forest's side, Nicholas Segreti spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up seven Ks. Segreti has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Evergreen Park's loss dropped their record down to 26-11. As for Oak Forest, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 31-6 record this season.
As of now, neither Evergreen Park nor Oak Forest have any future games scheduled.
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