Highland Park is 0-3 against Glenbrook South since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Highland Park Giants will head out on the road to face off against the Glenbrook South Titans at 4:45 p.m. Highland Park will be strutting in after a victory while Glenbrook South will be coming in after a loss.
Highland Park will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Glenbrook North, who they hadn't topped in six consecutive meetings. Highland Park walked away with a 6-3 win over Glenbrook North on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Highland Park.
Highland Park let Marin Killeen and Chloe Connell loose on the outfield. Killeen scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Connell scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Vera Hanson, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Glenbrook South was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of Maine South by a score of 1-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Glenbrook South has not been shut out since back in March.
Glenbrook South saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Joseph, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Highland Park is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6-1 record this season. As for Glenbrook South, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
Highland Park might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Glenbrook South in their previous matchup on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Glenbrook South's Addy Hurley, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Highland Park knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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