Softball Game Preview: Lockport Porters vs. Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings

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Previous Games

05/07/24 - Away	9-3 W
04/18/24 - Home	11-0 W
05/09/23 - Home	5-1 W
04/20/23 - Away	7-2 W
05/10/22 - Away	6-3 W
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Lockport is a perfect 10-0 against Homewood-Flossmoor since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Porters will welcome the Vikings at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lockport has five straight wins, Homewood-Flossmoor has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Tuesday, Lockport sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Andrew. That's two games straight that the Porters have won by exactly two runs.

Rheanna Slavicek and Liliana Janeczko did most of the damage at the plate: Slavicek went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases and one run, while Janeczko got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI. That's the most stolen bases Slavicek has posted since back in May of 2024. Addison Way was another key player, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with one run.

Bradley-Bourbonnais hit Homewood-Flossmoor with a four-run third inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Vikings came up short against the Boilermakers, falling 12-2.

Taylor Purchas made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two RBI.

Lockport pushed their record up to 13-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.

Everything went Lockport's way against Homewood-Flossmoor when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Lockport made off with a 9-3 win. Do the Porters have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.