After two games on the road, Palatine is heading back home. They will take on the Hersey Huskies at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Palatine is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Hoffman Estates 13-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Palatine considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Hersey had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They skirted past the Wildcats 5-4.
Brad Lemke looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Drew Phillips, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Pflomm, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Palatine's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-13. As for Hersey, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 17-7 record this season.
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