The Kelly Trojans will square off against the Kennedy Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The timing isn't great for Kelly: they have been struggling with seven straight losses at home dating back to last season, while Kennedy has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Kelly and Back of the Yards College Prep have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Trojans fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 8-7.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Kennedy made sure to put some runs up on the board against Lindblom on Friday. The Crusaders were the clear victors by an 18-3 margin over the Eagles. Considering the Crusaders have won eight contests by more than nine runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Yesenia Valdez was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs she has posted over her last eight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jessica Monarrez, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs.
Kennedy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Kennedy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Kelly, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
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