NORMAL, Ill. – John Rave went hitless in his first two games in the Northwoods League this summer. Since then, it's been a different story.
Rave has been red hot as a member of the Rockford Rivets, playing to a .382/.469/.491 batting line, thanks to an active 11-game hitting streak.
The Redbird rising sophomore, who earned Freshman All-America laurels from Collegiate Baseball newspaper earlier this month, has eight multi-hit games so far this summer. He homered in a 7-3 win over Fon du Lac on June 10. He has three stolen bases, six runs scored and seven RBIs.