The Breese Central Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Gillespie Miners at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Breese Central's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Gillespie's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Breese Central easily dispatched Lutheran South on Sunday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Cougars fell just short of Columbia by a score of 5-3 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Cougars have suffered since April 24, 2025.
Meanwhile, Gillespie got themselves on the board against Southwestern on Tuesday, but Southwestern never followed suit. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over the Piasa Birds. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Miners have posted since May 8, 2025.
Not much got past Luke Schuckenbrock, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Southwestern off the board. Schuckenbrock has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Gillespie saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dawson Lancaster, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Gillespie is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Breese Central, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-5.
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