The Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets will face off against the Silliman Institute Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Oak Forest Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Oak Forest Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Columbia Academy, who was ranked 19th at the time (Oak Forest Academy was ranked 11th). Oak Forest Academy never let Columbia Academy onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Yellowjackets, who have now won six matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Enslee Casanova was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Kori Travis, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Forest Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Silliman Institute's offense. They came up short against Oak Forest Academy back in August, falling 11-0.
Oak Forest Academy's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-4-1. As for Silliman Institute, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything went Oak Forest Academy's way against Silliman Institute in their previous meeting back in August as Oak Forest Academy made off with an 11-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Forest Academy 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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