The Minooka Indians will take on the Oswego Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Minooka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lockport, who was ranked tenth at the time (Minooka was ranked 21st). The Indians fell just short of the Porters by a score of 4-3 on Saturday. The Indians haven't had much luck with the Porters recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Oswego waltzed into their contest on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top against the Foxes by a score of 5-1.
Jaelynn Anthony made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in April. She was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Anthony wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Rikka Ludvigson, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Oswego's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 29-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Minooka, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-10.
Minooka couldn't quite finish off Oswego in their previous matchup back in April and fell 10-8. Will the Indians have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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