Beecher waltzed into their game on Saturday with 18 straight wins... but they left with 19. They never let the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. This was payback for Beecher, who suffered an 11-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Ava Lorenzatti made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Lorenzatti has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in 19 consecutive pitching appearances. Lorenzatti was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Lorenzatti wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Alexa Gliva, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Beecher pushed their record up to 30-1 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Joliet Catholic, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-9.
As of now, neither Beecher nor Joliet Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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