Forest Park is 0-8 against Heritage Hills since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Forest Park Rangers will head out on the road to take on the Heritage Hills Patriots at 5:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Forest Park is is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Monday. They lost 14-5 to Southridge.
Kaitlyn Randle was cooking despite her team's loss, firing off two home runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Rheyse Fleck, who went 2-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, Forest Park lost a few balls and finished the game with five home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Heritage Hills fell victim to Castle and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. Heritage Hills has not had much luck with Castle recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Heritage Hills saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hadley Leibering, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Forest Park's record is now 6-13. As for Heritage Hills, their record now sits at 14-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Forest Park hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.2 home runs per game. However, it's not like Heritage Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Forest Park came up short against Heritage Hills in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 9-4. Can Forest Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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