Maine East and Highland Park are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Maine East Blue Demons will head out on the road to square off against the Highland Park Giants at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Maine East is looking for their season?s first win.
Maine East's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Maine West on Tuesday. They lost 6-0 to the Warriors.
Jayden Coppe spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and three unearned) runs on six hits and racked up 13 Ks.
Meanwhile, while it was Highland Park who put the first points on the board on Thursday, it was Evanston who put up more. Highland Park fell just short of Evanston by a score of 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for Highland Park in their matchups with Evanston: they've now lost three in a row.
Highland Park also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Tatum Danielewicz gave up three earned runs on six hits. Danielewicz has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Highland Park saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Arden Bubser, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Maine East's loss dropped their record down to 0-14. As for Highland Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-1.
Everything went Maine East's way against Highland Park in their previous meeting back in May of 2022 as Maine East made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Maine East since the team 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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