The Oak Lawn Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the Reavis Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Oak Lawn is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Oak Lawn is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Stagg on Saturday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 1-0. The loss continues a trend for Oak Lawn in their matchups with Stagg: they've now lost five in a row.
John Olejniczak was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Oak Lawn saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justin Canvin, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Reavis had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-3 win over the RedHawks.
Oak Lawn's defeat dropped their record down to 12-12. As for Reavis, their victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-4.
Oak Lawn might still be hurting after the 14-8 loss they got from Reavis in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Oak Lawn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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