The Evergreen Park Mustangs will take on the Amundsen Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evergreen Park has five straight wins, Amundsen has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Wednesday, Evergreen Park got the win against Simeon by a conclusive 15-4. Considering the Mustangs have won four games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Carlos Flores was a standout: he went 1-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Cadyn Kummer was another key player, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double.
Flores wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Evergreen Park kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Amundsen lost 19-9 to Simeon on Friday.
Evergreen Park pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Amundsen, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Evergreen Park skirted past Amundsen 2-0 when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Will Evergreen Park repeat their success, or does Amundsen has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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