Lincoln-Way Central has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Huntley Red Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lincoln-Way Central: 1.9, Huntley: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lincoln-Way Central's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Riverside-Brookfield's usually-dominant pitching crew. Lincoln-Way Central walked away with a 10-6 victory over Riverside-Brookfield.
Alexis Youngren was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Teagan Berkshire, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Huntley faced Andrew in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Huntley fell just short of Andrew by a score of 5-4. Huntley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Gretchen Huber was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Huntley got a big performance out of Alyssa Bonner, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. Lyla Ginczycki was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Huntley was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with five doubles. This was only their second loss (out of 11 games) when they post three or more doubles.
Lincoln-Way Central pushed their record up to 28-4 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Huntley, their loss dropped their record down to 26-8.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Lincoln-Way Central hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like Huntley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.8. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Lincoln-Way Central's way against Huntley in their previous matchup back in April of 2021 as Lincoln-Way Central made off with a 7-1 victory. Does Lincoln-Way Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Huntley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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