Baseball Recap: Plainfield East Takes a Loss

Plainfield East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 6-5 heartbreaker at the hands of the Romeoville Spartans. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Spartans this season, with their most recent loss being a 5-1 defeat on Tuesday.

Plainfield East's loss dropped their record down to 7-26-1. As for Romeoville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-13 record this season.

Plainfield East and Romeoville are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. The Bengals will take on Bolingbrook at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Plainfield East is facing the Raiders at the right time seeing as the Raiders are stuck on a 12-game losing streak. As for Romeoville, they will square off against Waubonsie Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.