The Lincoln-Way Central Knights will take on the Coal City Coalers in a tournament on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lincoln-Way Central's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Minooka 8-0. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Indians recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Lisabella Dimitrijevic made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched. Dimitrijevic was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Ellie McLaughlin and Carly Karales did most of the damage at the plate: McLaughlin went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Karales got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI McLaughlin has posted since back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Coal City got the win against Plainfield Central on Saturday by a conclusive 18-12. Considering the Coalers have won three contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Lincoln-Way Central pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Coal City, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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