The River Forest Ingots will head out on the road to face off against the Marquette Catholic Blazers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in River Forest's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last five matchups.
In what's become a running theme this season, River Forest gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Lake Station Edison with a sharp 14-1 win. 14 seems to be a good number for River Forest as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Marquette Catholic had to settle for a 14-13 loss against Hammond Central last Wednesday.
River Forest's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8. As for Marquette Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
River Forest might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Marquette Catholic in their previous meeting back in April of 2017. Thankfully for River Forest, Lauren McConnell (who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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