Baseball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Illinois Valley

By Team Reports Apr 20, 2025, 2:19pm

Baseball Recap: Illinois Valley Cougars vs. Glendale Pirates

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Previous 5 Games

04/18/25 vs Glendale13-1
04/15/25 @ Glendale19-3
04/12/25 @ Riddle14-1
04/08/25 vs Riddle19-1
04/04/25 vs Lost River6-4

Illinois Valley waltzed into their matchup on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Everything went their way against the Glendale Pirates as they made off with a 13-1 win. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 19-3 on Tuesday.

Illinois Valley pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Glendale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.

Illinois Valley will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Pirates: the pair will be back at it again later today.

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