Baseball Preview: Normal University Pioneers vs. Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones
The Normal University Pioneers are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Normal University can't be too worried about heading out to take on Sacred Heart-Griffin: they just beat Pleasant Plains at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Normal University put the hurt on Pleasant Plains with a sharp 11-1 victory on Monday. Normal University's win was all the more impressive since Pleasant Plains was averaging only 3.14 runs allowed on the season.
Sacred Heart-Griffin never got on the board in their matchup on Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Jacksonville last Thursday. Everything went their way against the Crimsons as they made off with a 10-3 victory.
Normal University pushed their record up to 24-6 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road. As for Sacred Heart-Griffin, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
Normal University came up short against Sacred Heart-Griffin in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 8-5. Can Normal University avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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