Homewood-Flossmoor and Bolingbrook are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Bolingbrook Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Homewood-Flossmoor is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Homewood-Flossmoor can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. Everything went their way against Bloom as Homewood-Flossmoor made off with an 11-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Homewood-Flossmoor.
Becky Urbaniak made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Urbaniak has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Urbaniak was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kathleen Karner, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Toni Purchas, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bolingbrook was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They lost 7-1 to Lincoln-Way East.
Bolingbrook saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karina Choi, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Homewood-Flossmoor is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-13 record this season. As for Bolingbrook, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-18.
Bolingbrook's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Homewood-Flossmoor has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.8 hits per game. It's a different story for Bolingbrook, though, as they've been averaging 9.5. Given Homewood-Flossmoor's sizable advantage in that area, Bolingbrook will need to find a way to close that gap.
Homewood-Flossmoor was able to grind out a solid victory over Bolingbrook in their previous meeting back in April, winning 13-8. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homewood-Flossmoor 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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