Baseball Recap: Hillcrest Academy Extends Winning Streak to Six

Hillcrest Academy waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Louisa-Muscatine Falcons a 3-0 shutout. This was a revenge game for the Ravens: when they faced off against the Falcons back in June, they had to take a 5-3 defeat.

Hillcrest Academy's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-5. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Louisa-Muscatine, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last eight contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 6-16 record this season.

Hillcrest Academy has already played their next matchup (against H-L-V), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Louisa-Muscatine also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against West Burlington.