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| 05/10/24 - Home | 2-10 L |
| 05/09/23 - Home | 0-4 L |
| 05/02/22 - Away | 9-8 W |
| 05/08/21 - Home | 0-11 L |
| 05/14/19 - Away | 0-10 L |
| + 5 more games |
Plainfield East and Minooka are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Bengals will take on the Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Plainfield East came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 14-0 to Oswego. The Bengals haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Minooka entered their tilt with Plainfield South on Wednesday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Cougars 4-2.
Minooka got a great performance from Marina Hristov as she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). Hristov has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Minooka's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Boyd, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run. Mayson Carr was another, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Minooka's record is now 17-8. As for Plainfield East, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-9.
Plainfield East suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Minooka in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Can the Bengals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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