Softball Recap: Normal Community Comes Up Short

Normal Community fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Metamora on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Redbirds by a score of 2-1. The Ironmen haven't had much luck with the Redbirds recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.

Avery Anderson spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on nine hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Normal Community saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was McKenna Baughman, who went 1-for-3 with one run.

Normal Community's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Metamora, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 16-4.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Normal Community will face off against Urbana at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Ironmen are facing the Tigers at the right time seeing as the Tigers are stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Metamora, they will be playing at home against East Peoria at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.