Baseball Recap: Tuesday's Win Is Wilmington's 11th in Last 12 Outings

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

05/06/25 @ Peotone	14
05/08/25 vs Kankakee	12
04/24/25 @ Sandwich	12
05/05/25 vs Peotone	10
04/28/25 vs Lisle	10

Wilmington's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's sixth consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Streator Bulldogs as they made off with a 6-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won 16 games by six runs or more so far this season.

Kyle Farrell and Cooper Holman made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Farrell didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Meanwhile, Holman tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances. At the plate, Farrell went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double, while Holman went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run. Those three hits gave Holman a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ryan Kettman, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high.

Wilmington is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Streator, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-18.

Coming up, Wilmington will face off against Joliet Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Streator, they will square off against East Peoria at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.