Zion-Benton has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Libertyville Wildcats at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Zion-Benton lost 11-4 to Carmel on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Zion-Benton has lost by exactly seven runs.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Libertyville's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost 19-4 to Mundelein.
Libertyville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Higham, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Zion-Benton has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season. As for Libertyville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-14.
Zion-Benton suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Libertyville when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Higham, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits. Now that Zion-Benton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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