The Maine South Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Normal West Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Maine South has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Normal West will come in with three straight wins.
On Thursday, Maine South came up short against Deerfield and fell 6-3.
Maine South saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Adamczewski, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Normal West came out on top against Danville on Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive six-run third inning. The Wildcats blew past the Vikings 11-0. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by six runs or more this season.
Normal West got a massive performance out of Cooper Temples, who went 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and one stolen base. Those two triples gave Temples a new career-high. Sam McCully was another key player, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one run.
Normal West was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .429 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Normal West pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Maine South, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-12.
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