Elmwood Park pushed their score to 16 the last time they played ITW David Speer Academy, but on Monday they couldn't quite do it again. The Elmwood Park Tigers never let the ITW David Speer Academy Pride onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Elmwood Park also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2023.
ITW David Speer Academy's batters probably weren't too happy with Kylie Jones-Plasencia, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (she gave up five walks). Jones-Plasencia has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Elmwood Park's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lia Vargas, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Leilani Mendez, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Elmwood Park's win bumped their record up to 12-4. As for ITW David Speer Academy, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5.
Elmwood Park will be playing in front of their home fans against Hinsdale South at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hinsdale South is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. As for ITW David Speer Academy, they will head out on the road to challenge Taft at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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