The Elmwood Park Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Glenbrook North Spartans at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Elmwood Park is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Ridgewood (and have done all season long). Elmwood Park's pitcher stepped up to hand Ridgewood a 10-0 shutout on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Elmwood Park.
Kylie Jones-Plasencia was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Jones-Plasencia has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Jones-Plasencia was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
In other batting news, Carole Akers was incredible, scoring a run while going 2-for-2. Ariana Huaman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Glenbrook North's way against Rolling Meadows on Saturday as Glenbrook North made off with a 7-0 win.
Elmwood Park is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Glenbrook North, their victory bumped their record up to 11-12-1.
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