With a playoff game on the line, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley rose to the challenge on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wethersfield/Annawan Titans a 3-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Brayden Elliott made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Elliott has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Elliott was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Elliott wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Zach Price, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7-1 record this season. As for Wethersfield/Annawan, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-7-1.
As of now, neither Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley nor Wethersfield/Annawan have any future games scheduled.
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