The Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts will be playing in front of their home fans against the Peoria Heights Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Peoria Heights took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Illinois Valley Central, who comes in off a win.
Illinois Valley Central put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Richwoods a 6-0 shutout. The win was just what Illinois Valley Central needed coming off of an 11-2 defeat in their prior match.
Not much got past Derek Moore, who gave up just six hits to keep Richwoods off the board.
At the plate, CK Witte and Griffen Landsverk did most of the damage at the plate: Witte scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Landsverk scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Peoria Heights' offense. They suffered a tough 10-0 loss at the hands of Tremont on Thursday. Peoria Heights has struggled against Tremont recently, as their contest on Thursday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Peoria Heights saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Barrett Marfell, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Illinois Valley Central's victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Peoria Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
