The Lockport Porters will head out on the road to face off against the Antioch Sequoits at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lockport: 2.4, Antioch: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Antioch is hoping to do on Saturday what Lincoln-Way East couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Lockport's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Lockport had just enough and edged Lincoln-Way East out 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for Lockport as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Rheanna Slavicek was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Morgan Spodarek, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Antioch faced Mundelein in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Antioch came out on top in a nail-biter against Mundelein and snuck past 7-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for Antioch.
Lockport has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season. As for Antioch, they pushed their record up to 24-4 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Lockport skirted past Antioch 4-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lockport since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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