Homewood-Flossmoor has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Lincoln-Way East Griffins at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games Homewood-Flossmoor has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Homewood-Flossmoor will face Lincoln-Way East after dropping another heartbreaker against Sandburg on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 2.1 runs of beating them. Homewood-Flossmoor might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-3 to Sandburg, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Homewood-Flossmoor has not had much luck with Sandburg recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Homewood-Flossmoor got a good showing from Antonio Brown, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Demir Heidelberg was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Mateo Munoz, who went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way East made easy work of Kankakee on Tuesday and carried off an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lincoln-Way East.
Homewood-Flossmoor's loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Lincoln-Way East, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
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