The Metea Valley Mustangs will challenge the Yorkville Foxes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Metea Valley has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Yorkville will arrive with five straight wins.
Metea Valley managed to slip by DeKalb the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Mustangs came up short against the Barbs on Wednesday, falling 8-1.
Metea Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Feeley, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Yorkville). They put the hurt on Joliet Central with a sharp 18-1 victory on Thursday. Considering the Foxes have won nine matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Yorkville pushed their record up to 15-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Metea Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-15.
Metea Valley suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Yorkville in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. Can the Mustangs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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