The Plainfield East Bengals will face off against the Tinley Park Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Plainfield East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Downers Grove North on Wednesday. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 16-2. The Bengals haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Tinley Park won against Kankakee on Monday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Titans narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Solorio 14-13. The victory was familiar territory for the Titans, who have now won three contests in a row.
The team relied heavily on Danny Weed, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Nathan Hesse, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Plainfield East fell to 2-1. As for Tinley Park, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Plainfield East suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Tinley Park in their previous meeting back in March of 2025. Can the Bengals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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