Homewood-Flossmoor had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They never let the Sandburg Eagles onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. This was a revenge contest for Homewood-Flossmoor, as the team was forced to settle for a 4-3 loss when these two played two weeks ago.
Not much got past Henry Humes, who gave up just four hits to keep Sandburg off the board. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Tori Chaney was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Demir Heidelberg, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Homewood-Flossmoor pushed their record up to 12-11 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Sandburg, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-6.
Homewood-Flossmoor will have a chance to go back-to-back against Sandburg: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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