After two games on the road, Elmwood Park is heading back home. They will take on the Westmont Sentinels at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Elmwood Park's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Chicago Hope Academy on Wednesday. They fell 3-0 to Chicago Hope Academy.
Elmwood Park saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Ennis, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a double.
Meanwhile, Westmont came tearing into Monday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Crusaders by a score of 8-3.
Noah Grimm made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Grimm was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Rocco Damato, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-1. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Lucas Hicks was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Elmwood Park has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-11 record this season. As for Westmont, they pushed their record up to 16-7-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Elmwood Park couldn't quite finish off Westmont in their previous meeting back in April and fell 10-8. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Westmont's Briggs Templeton, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Elmwood Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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