Canton hasn't had much luck against Morton recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Little Giants will welcome the Potters at 4:15 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Canton is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Van Buren with a sharp 18-6 win on Thursday. With that victory, the Little Giants brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Kash VanHouten
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Canton got a massive performance out of Kash VanHouten, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. The Little Giants are 2-1 when VanHouten posts two or more runs, but 0-3-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Easton Orwig, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Canton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2025.
Meanwhile, Morton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 9-0 shutout.
Morton now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Canton, their win bumped their record up to 2-4-1.
Canton suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Morton when the teams last played back in April of 2025. Can the Little Giants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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