Oak Forest stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Shepard Astros a 6-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for Oak Forest as they're now sitting on four straight.
Evan Gamboa made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Gamboa was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Gamboa wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Grant Fletcher, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Oak Forest pushed their record up to 11-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 9 runs. As for Shepard, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Oak Forest is on the road again on Friday to play Lemont at 4:30 p.m. Oak Forest's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Lemont's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Shepard, they will head out on the road to square off against Peotone at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Peotone is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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