Baseball Recap: Platteview Trojans vs. Fairbury Jeffs
Platteview put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Fairbury Jeffs an 11-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Platteview as they're now sitting on four straight.
Platteview got a great performance from Griffin Saunders as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Saunders has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Keegan Stobbe was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tucker Riha, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Platteview is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Fairbury, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-14.
As of now, neither Platteview nor Fairbury have any future games scheduled.
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