For the second straight game, Kankakee will face off against Thornridge. The Kays will host the Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Kankakee's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last four games.
Kankakee's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Thornridge as they made off with a 12-0 win. Considering the Kays have won nine contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Adleigh Cunningham was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Cunningham was also solid in the batter's box, earning one RBI, one run, and one stolen base. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
LaMaryah Smith
| 05/06/26 @ Thornridge | 7 |
| 04/30/26 @ Bloom | 3 |
| 04/29/26 @ Bloom | 2 |
| 05/06/26 @ Thornridge | 1 |
| 04/22/26 vs Rich Township | 1 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on LaMaryah Smith, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, seven RBI, and two runs. Those seven RBI gave her a new career-high. Tay'La Tooles was another key player, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with four stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Kankakee was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .625. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .368 or higher in four consecutive games.
Kankakee pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.3 runs over those games. As for Thornridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-11.
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