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MortonIllinois Valley Central
Potters
8
Grey Ghosts
7

The Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Morton (IL) by a score of 8-7.

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Final score provided by J. Crawford.
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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Morton nips Illinois Valley Central

May 5, 2018: Chillicothe, IL 61523

The Morton Potters (Morton, IL) baseball nipped the host Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts (Chillicothe, IL), 8-7 in Saturday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Potters encounter the Canton Little Giants (Canton, IL) in a Mid-Illini contest, on Monday, May 7. Morton will attempt to better on its 19-4 season record. The Little Giants come into the contest with a 16-4 record after their 14-10 non-league win over Normal West (Normal, IL).

The Grey Ghosts now sport a 7-18 record. They play next when they travel to Olympia for a Illini Prairie contest on Tuesday, May 8. Illinois Valley Central will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 5-2 non-league loss to Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains, IL). The Spartans record now stands at 9-15.

Rankings & Records

Morton (17-18)

NationalILClass
10152
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %RFRA
30-611-311-312-27-1.833.786259133

Illinois Valley Central (17-18)

NationalILClass
7,51633997
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %RFRA
7-222-82-124-81-2.241.200114193

Team Scoring Averages

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Morton		1.01.11.4.41.11.3.504.01.07.28.02.0
Illinois Valley Central		.5.7.8.6.3.8.40003.93.21.2

Team Stat Comparison

MortonIllinois Valley Central
.324Batting Average.199
.416On Base Percentage.294
.484Slugging Percentage.262
.954Fielding Percentage.898
.824Win Loss Percentage.167

Team Leaders

MortonIllinois Valley CentralNational Avg.
#17 Logan Peterson.490Batting Average#2 Peyton Schoonover.350.254
#34 Connor Kelly1.000On Base Percentage#22 Andy Timm.500.370
#24 Nick Guerra.758Slugging Percentage#22 Andy Timm.571.316
#13 Braden Brown1.000Fielding Percentage#10 Drake Dietrich1.000.855
#13 Braden Brown1.000Win Loss Percentage#22 Andy Timm1.000.529

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Morton15-3Illinois Valley Central1-12
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
3/23/18St. Joseph-OgdenMorton(W) 15-74/21/18Illinois Valley CentralSt. Joseph-Ogden(L) 5-2
4/5/18MetamoraMorton(L) 3-25/4/18Illinois Valley CentralMetamora(W) 8-3
4/12/18MortonMetamora(W) 8-5
4/9/18LimestoneMorton(W) 13-64/13/18LimestoneIllinois Valley Central(L) 9-2
4/11/18MortonLimestone(W) 5-2
4/10/18OlympiaMorton(W) 10-14/17/18OlympiaIllinois Valley Central(L) 3-2
5/8/18Illinois Valley CentralOlympia(L) 8-3
4/16/18MortonGalesburg(W) 5-33/17/18Illinois Valley CentralGalesburg(L) 9-4
4/20/18MortonDunlap(L) 4-35/17/18Illinois Valley CentralDunlap(L) 11-2
4/26/18DunlapMorton(W) 3-1
4/23/18PekinMorton(W) 13-03/31/18PekinIllinois Valley Central(L) 9-3
4/25/18MortonPekin(W) 4-23/31/18PekinIllinois Valley Central(L) 14-5
4/30/18MortonEast Peoria(W) 11-03/20/18Illinois Valley CentralEast Peoria(L) 4-3
4/30/18MortonEast Peoria(W) 10-5
5/2/18East PeoriaMorton
5/2/18East PeoriaMorton
5/23/18East PeoriaMorton(W) 8-4
5/5/18Prairie CentralMorton(W) 9-24/19/18Illinois Valley CentralPrairie Central(L) 8-0
5/5/18Prairie CentralIllinois Valley Central(L) 4-1
5/14/18WashingtonMorton(W) 4-33/30/18Illinois Valley CentralWashington(L) 6-5
5/16/18MortonWashington(L) 3-0
6/2/18WashingtonMorton(W) 11-5

Record Breakdown

Morton (17-18)

Illinois Valley Central (17-18)
30-6
Overall
7-22
11-3
League
2-8
12-3
Non-League
5-13
1-0
Head to Head
0-1
15-3
Common Opponent
1-12
11-3
Home
2-12
12-2
Away
4-8
7-1
Neutral
1-2
6-0
Playoff
0-1
30-5
In-State
7-22
0-1
Out-of-State
0-0