Glenbard West waltzed into their matchup on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Proviso West Panthers 3-1. That's more bragging rights for Glenbard West, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Glenbard West got a great performance from CJ Desmond as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Desmond has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Glenbard West's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Joey Campanella, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and a double.
Glenbard West has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-20 record this season. As for Proviso West, they dropped their record down to 3-22 with that loss, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Glenbard West beat Proviso West by a score of 9-2.
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