The Portage Indians will square off against the Illiana Christian Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Portage has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Illiana Christian will come in with three straight wins.
On Wednesday, Portage came up short against Chesterton and fell 4-1.
Portage saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Braden, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Illiana Christian won against Hammond Bishop Noll on Monday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Vikings beat the Warriors by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-3. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Luke Passo was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in June of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Smith, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Illiana Christian pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games. As for Portage, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11-2.
Portage suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Illiana Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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