Baseball Recap: Illini West Picks Up Tenth Consecutive Victory

Chargers

Previous Games

05/20/26 @ Farmington	1-0
05/14/26 vs Brown County	14-6
05/13/26 @ Rushville-Industry	14-4
05/12/26 @ Beardstown	15-7
05/11/26 vs Cuba/Spoon River Valley	6-2
+ 5 more games

Illini West had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. They never let the Farmington Farmers get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. The one-run effort marked the Chargers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Not much got past Ethan Carlisle, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Farmington off the board. Carlisle has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Wesley Robertson was excellent, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one double.

Illini West's victory bumped their record up to 25-4. As for Farmington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-7-1.

Looking ahead, Illini West will challenge Orion at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Farmington, they will square off against Tremont at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Turks' pitching crew has only allowed 2.1 runs per game this season, so the Farmers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.