Morrison trails
Kewanee by just 1.00 games in the league standings, which means there could have a new first-place team by next week.
The Mustangs (21-7, 9-3) are riding a league-best 4-game winning streak. In the past week, Morrison won another 4 games, includinga 5-2 victory over West Carroll and a 7-0 win over ROWVA. The team's hottest hitter over the past week was
Andy Schaver, who had four hits and drove in five runs.
Bureau Valley boasted the best pitching over the past week, holding opponents to the league's fewest hits and issuing the fewest walks. The Storm have given up a mere 173 hits on the year in addition to compiling 138 strikeouts.
Mckinley Kruger is the leader in that category with 42 Ks on the season.
Morrison, the league leader in stolen bases this season with 84, added to its lead in that category with 13 more steals over the past week. Given the green light by manager Ben Sondgeroth,
Blake Blean has racked up 20 steals on his own this season for the Mustangs.
Bureau Valley's
Trevin Kennedy threw seven shutout innings in a 10-2 win over Fulton on May 3, 2012. He struck out two, allowing 10 hits.