The Prospect Knights will challenge the Plainfield Central Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Prospect is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Prospect will face Plainfield Central after dropping another heartbreaker against Barrington on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Knights fell 10-6 to the Fillies/Broncos. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Fillies/Broncos recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
John Aquino and Jack Davis did some serious damage despite the final result: Aquino went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run, while Davis went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Louie Caldrone, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.
Meanwhile, Plainfield Central waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Steelmen get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. Considering the Wildcats have won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Plainfield Central's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-4. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Prospect, their loss dropped their record down to 15-9-1.
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