The Antioch Sequoits will face off against the Deerfield Warriors at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Antioch has five straight wins, Deerfield has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Antioch's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Zion-Benton 1-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Sequoits have posted since April 13, 2024.
Ben Clausen
| 04/03/25 @ Zion-Benton | 8 |
| 05/15/24 @ Round Lake | 7 |
| 03/18/25 vs Marengo | 4 |
| 04/27/24 @ Waterford | 4 |
| 04/18/24 @ Kenosha Bradford | 1 |
Antioch got a great performance from Ben Clausen as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave Clausen a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Antioch's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Speich, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. Jackson Mozina was another, getting no hits from his two at bats.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Deerfield's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Buffalo Grove on Thursday.
Antioch pushed their record up to 5-3-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Deerfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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