Baseball Recap: Plainfield North Comes Up Short

Plainfield North dropped their record down to 22-11 on Friday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins on the road. They fell just short of the Normal Community Ironmen by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Tigers have suffered since April 21st.

As for Normal Community, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 31-4. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games.

For Normal Community's part, Jonah Roper looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Roper has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in ten consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Normal Community's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Naour, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.

Coming up, Plainfield North will take on Lincoln-Way West at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Normal Community does not have any more games scheduled as of now.