Joliet Central is on an 11-game streak of home losses, Romeoville a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Joliet Central Steelmen will take on the Romeoville Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Joliet Central's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Yorkville on Friday. They lost 15-0 to the Foxes. That's two games in a row now that Joliet Central has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Romeoville also failed to score in their most recent game. They lost 7-0 to Plainfield North on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Romeoville has lost by exactly seven runs.
Joliet Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-20. As for Romeoville, their loss dropped their record down to 3-18.
Joliet Central suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Romeoville when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Romeoville's Alaina Moreno, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Joliet Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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