Baseball Recap: St. Joseph-Ogden Beats Westville for Their 17th Straight Victory

Spartans

Previous Games

04/30/25 vs Westville	7-0
04/29/25 @ Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley	3-2
04/28/25 vs Pleasant Plains	7-3
04/26/25 @ Illinois Valley Central	6-0
04/26/25 @ Illinois Valley Central	4-3
+ 12 more games

St. Joseph-Ogden came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with 16 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Westville Tigers a 7-0 shutout. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 games by six runs or more this season.

St. Joseph-Ogden pushed their record up to 23-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Westville, their loss ended a 16-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-2.

St. Joseph-Ogden and Westville should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Spartans (ranked 17th) will meet Charleston (ranked 313th) at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Westville will challenge Salt Fork at 4:30 p.m. on Friday with a big rank advantage (113 vs. 261). The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Tigers 3.4, the Storm 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.