Hebron put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Kankakee Valley Kougars as the Hebron Hawks made off with an 11-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Hebron considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Brooke Cunningham was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Cunningham has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cunningham was even better at the plate, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Hebron got a massive performance out of Addison Toczek, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Michalak, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Kankakee Valley's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addison Richmond, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Hebron has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Kankakee Valley, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-13.
Hebron will head out on the road to square off against Portage at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hebron is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season. As for Kankakee Valley, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Highland at 5:00 p.m. Highland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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