Baseball Recap: Forreston Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Cardinals

Margin (Wins)

05/01/25 vs Orangeville	19
04/23/25 vs Polo	16
04/30/25 @ Orangeville	15
03/22/25 @ West Carroll	14
03/17/25 @ Ashton-Franklin Center	13

Forreston extended their winning streak to eight on Thursday, bumping their season record up to 23-4 in the process. Everything went their way against the Pearl City Wolves as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 contests by six runs or more this season.

Alec Schoonhoven spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up 13 Ks.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Connor Politsch, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season. Brendan Greenfield was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three doubles, one run, and one RBI.

Forreston was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pearl City only posted a batting average of .143.

As for Pearl City, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-10. That's two games in a row now that they have lost by exactly ten runs.

On Pearl City's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Hillie, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.

Looking ahead, Forreston will be playing in front of their home fans against Milledgeville at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in the Cardinals' favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while the Missiles have been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road. As for Pearl City, they will head out to challenge Eastland at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Cougars will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.