The Lincoln-Way Central Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Lincoln-Way West Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lincoln-Way Central is looking to tack on another W to their nine-game streak on the road.
Lincoln-Way Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Minooka, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Lincoln-Way Central was ranked 20th). Lincoln-Way Central came out on top against Minooka by a score of 8-3 on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Lincoln-Way Central has won by exactly five runs.
Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way West put the finishing touches on their 13th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Kankakee 8-0.
Antony Vita tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Conor Essenburg was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Ben Shea was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Lincoln-Way Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Lincoln-Way West, their win bumped their record up to 24-1.
Lincoln-Way Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Lincoln-Way West in their previous matchup on Monday, winning 6-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lincoln-Way Central since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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