The Huntley Red Raiders will challenge the Libertyville Wildcats at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Huntley's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Wednesday, when they got past Central's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Red Raiders blew past the Rockets 11-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red Raiders.
Meanwhile, Libertyville won against Lake Forest on Monday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Wildcats were the clear victors by an 11-2 margin over the Scouts. Considering the Wildcats have won 16 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Chase Lockwood made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Cole Lockwood was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Quinn Schambow, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two runs.
Libertyville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .485. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lake Forest only posted a batting average of .185.
Libertyville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Huntley, their victory bumped their record up to 16-12.
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