After flying high against Hillcrest on Saturday, Oak Lawn came back down to earth. The Oak Lawn Spartans fell 9-4 to the De La Salle Meteors on Saturday. Oak Lawn was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as De La Salle apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in March of 2016.
Ethan Collins put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, 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 consistent recently: 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.
On De La Salle's side, Nick Arvites looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Angel Castro, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Dasaan Lee, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Oak Lawn's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 14-16. As for De La Salle, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-14 record this season.
Oak Lawn will look to defend their home field on Monday against Crete-Monee at 4:30 p.m. Crete-Monee will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Oak Lawn surely won't give up without a fight. De La Salle does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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