The Plainfield East Bengals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Naperville North Huskies at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Plainfield East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Plainfield North on Thursday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. Plainfield East has struggled against Plainfield North recently, as their contest on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Plainfield East saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Giselle Ascencio, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Naperville North suffered a rough 14-3 loss at the hands of Metea Valley on Thursday. Naperville North has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Plainfield East's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Naperville North, their loss dropped their record down to 7-14.
Plainfield East came up short against Naperville North in their previous meeting back in May of 2021, falling 6-1. Can Plainfield East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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