Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Evergreen Park

Mustangs

Margin (Wins)

03/21/25 vs Kennedy	16
04/12/25 vs Thornwood	13
03/22/25 vs Lisle	13
04/10/25 @ Bremen	12
03/26/25 vs Simeon	11

Evergreen Park entered their tilt with Thornwood on Saturday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Thunderbirds with a sharp 14-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won eight matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

Evergreen Park got a great performance from Evan Snyder-Murphy as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Snyder-Murphy has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Yarim Garcia, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had over his last 13 contests. Connor Faulkner also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Evergreen Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .429 or higher in three consecutive games.

Evergreen Park's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Thornwood, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-4 record.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Evergreen Park will head out to square off against Reavis at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Mustangs 3.4, the Rams 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Thornwood, they will head out on the road to take on Kankakee at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Kays have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.33 runs per game on average), something the Thunderbirds will no doubt try to take advantage of.