The River Forest Ingots will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Lake Station Edison Fighting Eagles at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (River Forest has five straight victories, Lake Station Edison has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
River Forest can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Victory Christian Academy as River Forest made off with a 14-4 win.
Isabelle Tabone was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Tabone has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Tabone was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Arianna Hendrix, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Kaiden Terrel was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lake Station Edison came up short against Gary West Side on Friday and fell 23-18.
Savannah Lazaro and Le'Asia Brown did some serious damage despite the final result: Lazaro scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Brown scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Harley Hileman, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.
River Forest's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-8. As for Lake Station Edison, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
River Forest took their win against Lake Station Edison when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 13-3. Does River Forest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lake Station Edison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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