Baseball Game Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Plainfield North Tigers

Normal Community has won 17 straight games at home, while Plainfield North has won 17 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Ironmen will welcome the Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Normal Community is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.

Plainfield North's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Normal Community hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Ironmen never let Mahomet-Seymour get on the board and left with an 11-0 win on Monday. The Ironmen haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Gavin Michaels

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/19/25 vs Mahomet-Seymour	4
05/14/25 @ Bloomington	2
04/30/25 @ Richwoods	2
04/19/25 vs Bradley-Bourbonnais	2
05/12/25 vs Bloomington	1

The team relied heavily on Gavin Michaels, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Max Heineman was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Plainfield North's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They came up short against Yorkville, falling 13-3.

Plainfield North's defeat dropped their record down to 22-10. As for Normal Community, their win bumped their record up to 30-4.

Normal Community was able to grind out a solid victory over Plainfield North when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 5-2. Do the Ironmen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.