The Lockport Porters will head out to take on the Andrew Thunderbolts at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Lockport's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Andrew's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Lockport is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Minooka, who was ranked second at the time (Lockport was ranked tenth). The Porters fell just short of the Indians by a score of 9-7 on Saturday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Porters have suffered since May 3rd.
Drew Satunas and Adam Kozak did some serious damage despite the final result: Satunas went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run and three RBI, while Kozak went 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run was Satunas' first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Flood, who went 2-for-4 with two runs.
Meanwhile, Andrew had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Boilermakers by a score of 10-7.
Andrew pushed their record up to 20-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Lockport, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-10.
Lockport came out on top in a nail-biter against Andrew when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 7-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Porters since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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