Baseball Preview: Kankakee Kays vs. Thornridge Falcons
Kankakee is 9-1 against Thornridge since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Kankakee Kays will head out on the road to challenge the Thornridge Falcons at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Kankakee has four straight victories, Thornridge has 18 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Kankakee is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Thornridge onto the board and left with a 19-0 win on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Nate Webber made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Webber was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Trey Blanchette and TJ Prude did most of the damage at the plate: Blanchette got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Prude went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Alexander Grill, who went 2-for-2 with four RBI and a run.
Kankakee pushed their record up to 13-8-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Thornridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
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