Baseball Game Preview: Vernon Hills Cougars vs. Highland Park Giants

For the second straight game, Vernon Hills will face off against Highland Park. The Cougars will host the Giants at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Vernon Hills is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.

Vernon Hills came up short against Highland Park on Monday, falling 11-5.

DJ Biede

Runs

05/05/25 @ Highland Park	2
04/21/25 @ Maine East	2
03/17/25 vs Fenton	2
05/01/25 vs Niles West	1
04/24/25 @ Maine East	1
+ 1 more games

DJ Biede was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Vernon Hills is 2-1 when Biede posts two or more runs, but 6-15 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Nate Dugan, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Highland Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Vernon Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-16.