Baseball Recap: El Paso-Gridley Takes a Loss

After flying high against Henry-Senachwine on Saturday, El Paso-Gridley came back down to earth. The Titans fell just short of the Clinton Maroons by a score of 5-4 on Monday.

El Paso-Gridley saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Castleman, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

El Paso-Gridley's loss dropped their record down to 8-19-1. As for Clinton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season.

El Paso-Gridley and Clinton could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Titans will face off against Mt. Pulaski at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank disadvantage (433 vs. 149). Meanwhile, Clinton (ranked 383rd) will meet Maroa-Forsyth (ranked 111th) at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.