The Bartlett Hawks will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Jacobs Golden Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Bartlett will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak alive.
Bartlett can now show off 15 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Elgin a 15-0 shutout.
Josh Colaizzi was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Colaizzi has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Colaizzi was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Colaizzi wasn't the only one making solid contact as eight players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Renella, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple, a run, and an RBI. Frank Plichta was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Jacobs sidestepped Crystal Lake South for an 8-7 win.
Bartlett has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season. As for Jacobs, their victory bumped their record up to 19-11.
Bartlett was able to grind out a solid win over Jacobs when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 8-3. Does Bartlett have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jacobs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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