Hoopeston has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Herscher Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hoopeston is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They came out on top against Paxton-Buckley-Loda by a score of 6-1.
Meanwhile, Herscher had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-3 win over the Bulldogs. That's two games straight that Herscher has won by exactly three runs.
Lilly Tucek tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mary Kanak, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last nine times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Powers, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Hoopeston pushed their record up to 15-10-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Herscher, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 19-16 record this season.
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