The Mundelein Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Glenbrook North Spartans at 4:45 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Mundelein: 3.6, Glenbrook North: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Glenbrook North is hoping to do on Thursday what Lake Forest couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Mundelein's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mundelein walked away with a 7-2 win over Lake Forest.
Joey Kafka tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Johnny Weiss and Braden Carman did most of the damage at the plate: Weiss scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Carman scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Weiss has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Giancarlo Amidei was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases.
Meanwhile, Glenbrook North came up short against New Trier on Monday and fell 6-3. Glenbrook North has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mundelein pushed their record up to 20-7 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Glenbrook North, their loss dropped their record down to 20-8-1.
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