The Glenbard East Rams will take on the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Glenbard East will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Glenbard East barely beat Glenbard South the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Rams never let the Raiders get on the board and left with a 10-0 win on Thursday. The Rams might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.
Lilly Carver and Marley Szeluga did most of the damage at the plate: Carver scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Szeluga went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That's the most runs Szeluga has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Amrhein, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Glenbard East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .324 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Riverside-Brookfield was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They fell 4-1 to York. The game marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Glenbard East's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 9.7 runs this season. As for Riverside-Brookfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
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