Oak Lawn is 7-1 against Thornton Fractional North since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Oak Lawn Spartans will be playing at home against the Thornton Fractional North Meteors at 5:00 p.m. Oak Lawn is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Evergreen Park typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Oak Lawn proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Mustangs out 3-2.
Oak Lawn saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ivan Gonzalez, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Kyle Bader was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Thornton Fractional North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. Their tough 15-9 defeat to Thornton might stick with them for a while.
Oak Lawn's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs per game. As for Thornton Fractional North, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Everything went Oak Lawn's way against Thornton Fractional North in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Oak Lawn made off with a 13-1 victory. Will Oak Lawn repeat their success, or does Thornton Fractional North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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