The Chicago Mt. Carmel Caravan will square off against the Reavis Rams at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Chicago Mt. Carmel was handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Fenwick 7-6.
Connor Elenteny tossed a big game, pitching 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Anthony Chavez was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that he snagged this season. Another player making a difference was Pancho Vazquez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Reavis entered their tilt with Hillcrest on Friday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They never let the Hawks get on the board and left with a 17-0 win. The Rams might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Jason Gustafson looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tino Villagomez, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Anthony Perez was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2.
Reavis was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive games.
Reavis pushed their record up to 9-4 with the victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Chicago Mt. Carmel, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
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