Baseball Recap: Plainfield Quakers vs. Terre Haute South Vigo Braves
Plainfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They had just enough and edged the Terre Haute South Vigo Braves out 7-5. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Plainfield also won the last time the pair played on Saturday.
The team relied heavily on Grady Broughton, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Alex Holsclaw, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
On Terre Haute South Vigo's side, they got a good showing from Sam Swaim, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Terre Haute South Vigo saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Wright, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Plainfield's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Terre Haute South Vigo, they dropped their record down to 6-4 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.
Plainfield will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Decatur Central at 5:00 p.m. Decatur Central has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed seven runs per game on average), something Plainfield will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Terre Haute South Vigo, they will head out on the road to challenge Mooresville at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Mooresville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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