The Crete-Monee Warriors are on the road again on Monday to play the Oak Lawn Spartans at 4:30 p.m. Crete-Monee knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully Oak Lawn likes a good challenge.
In what's become a running theme this season, Crete-Monee gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against Thornridge as Crete-Monee made off with a 12-1 win.
Crete-Monee got a massive performance out of Rex Vandrunen, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Deiker Rondon was another key contributor, going 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Oak Lawn came up short against De La Salle on Saturday and fell 9-4.
Ethan Collins put in work no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Collins has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Collins was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Oak Lawn hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Crete-Monee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Oak Lawn, they dropped their record down to 14-16 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.
Crete-Monee might still be hurting after the 12-5 defeat they got from Oak Lawn in their previous meeting back in March. Can Crete-Monee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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