Baseball Recap: Maroa-Forsyth Beats Pleasant Plains for Their Sixth Straight Victory

Trojans

Previous 6 Games

04/15/25 vs Pleasant Plains	4-3
04/10/25 @ Athens	6-1
04/08/25 vs PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central	5-4
04/07/25 @ Pana	11-1
04/01/25 vs Heyworth	8-2
03/27/25 @ Okaw Valley	9-0

Maroa-Forsyth waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Pleasant Plains Cardinals. That's more bragging rights for the Trojans, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Maroa-Forsyth's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Pleasant Plains, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3.

Maroa-Forsyth and Pleasant Plains should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Trojans will challenge St. Teresa at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday with a big rank advantage (150 vs. 373). Meanwhile, Pleasant Plains (ranked 30th) will meet PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central (ranked 182nd) at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Cardinals 2.2, the Bluejays 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.