The Bolingbrook Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Oswego Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bolingbrook has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Oswego will come in with six straight wins.
Bolingbrook is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Yorkville on Monday. They lost 11-1 to the Foxes.
Bolingbrook saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karina Choi, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Oswego came out on top against Carmel on Tuesday thanks in part to the team's impressive nine-run third inning. The Panthers put the hurt on the Corsairs with a sharp 16-1 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 20 contests by six runs or more this season.
Jaelynn Anthony was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Anthony was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Aubriella Garza and Kiyah Chavez did most of the damage at the plate: Garza fired off two home runs, six RBI, and three runs while going 2-for-2, while Chavez went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and two doubles. Those two home runs gave Garza a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Rikka Ludvigson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one double.
Oswego pushed their record up to 27-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Bolingbrook, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-21.
Bolingbrook suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Oswego in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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