
Bengals
04/12/25 vs Thornton Fractional North | 16 |
04/12/25 vs Thornton Fractional North | 15 |
04/22/25 @ Hillcrest | 13 |
04/21/25 vs Hillcrest | 12 |
04/24/25 @ Evergreen Park | 11 |
Evergreen Park typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Oak Forest proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Mustangs with a sharp 11-0 win. Considering the Bengals have won eight contests by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Justin Gibbs was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted over his last four matchups. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
In other batting news, Oak Forest got a big performance out of Ashton Janowski, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI, one run, and one double. Blake Morin was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
Oak Forest always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. They are 5-1 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Oak Forest is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-7-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Evergreen Park, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
Oak Forest has already played their next contest, a 2-1 defeat against Lincoln-Way West on the 26th. As for Evergreen Park, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 2-1 loss against Brother Rice on the 25th.
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