Baseball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Illini Bluffs

Tigers

Previous Games

05/10/25 vs Tremont	2-1
05/09/25 @ Peoria Christian	8-0
05/08/25 @ Havana	4-1
05/06/25 vs Peoria Heights	11-1
05/02/25 vs Princeville	15-6
+ 3 more games

Illini Bluffs proved they can win big on Friday (they won by eight) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Tremont Turks. The victory was nothing new for the Tigers as they're now sitting on eight straight.

Illini Bluffs got a great performance from Colton Burdette as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Burdette a new career-high in strikeouts (two).

On the hitting side, Illini Bluffs' win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Toby Cooper, who went 1-for-4 with one run.

Illini Bluffs' victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-5. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Tremont, they moved to 25-5 with that defeat, which also ended their 13-game winning streak.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Illini Bluffs will host Canton at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Tremont, they will square off against Pekin at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.