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| 04/26/25 - Home | 5-4 W |
| 05/06/24 - Away | 1-2 L |
| 05/06/24 - Away | 1-0 W |
| 05/08/23 - Home | 8-6 W |
| 05/08/23 - Home | 0-5 L |
| + 5 more games |
It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Normal Community ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out the Moline Maroons 5-4. For the Ironmen, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 win the Maroons walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2024.
Bailey Engel was excellent, going 2-for-5 with one triple and one run. Emerson Winn was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Normal Community kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
Normal Community has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Moline, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-13.
Normal Community will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Maroons: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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