The Bloomington Purple Raiders will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Limestone Rockets at 4:30 p.m. Bloomington will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Bloomington can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. They blew past Danville 12-1.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Limestone ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Pekin out 2-1.
Alec Williams spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Limestone's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Bieneman, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Bloomington's win bumped their record up to 16-13-1. As for Limestone, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-15 record this season.
Everything went Bloomington's way against Limestone in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Bloomington made off with a 12-3 victory. Will Bloomington repeat their success, or does Limestone have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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