River Forest can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Lake Station Edison Fighting Eagles a 7-0 shutout. This was a revenge matchup for River Forest, as the team was forced to settle for a 5-4 loss when these two played last Wednesday.
Kaleb Short made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 20 over seven innings pitched. Short has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Short was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two triples, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Johnny Brock was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Devin Rosenfeld was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
River Forest has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Lake Station Edison, they dropped their record down to 4-10 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
River Forest will look to defend their home field on Monday against Calumet New Tech at 5:00 p.m. River Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season. As for Lake Station Edison, they will head out on the road to square off against Hammond Central at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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