Elk Grove is 2-8 against Fremd since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Grenadiers will challenge the Vikings at 4:45 p.m.
On Wednesday, Elk Grove came up short against Buffalo Grove and fell 9-5.
Elk Grove saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aliya Garcia, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI. Aubrey McHorney also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Meanwhile, Fremd came tearing into Wednesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 17-6 victory. Considering the Vikings have won eight matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Fremd pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Elk Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Elk Grove came out on top in a nail-biter against Fremd when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-1. Will the Grenadiers repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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