Vernon Hills never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Maine East Blue Demons as they made off with a 10-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Blue Demons: they've now won four in a row.
Robert Miller
| 04/22/25 vs Maine East | 10 |
| 04/03/25 vs Rolling Meadows | 9 |
| 03/17/25 vs Fenton | 8 |
| 04/15/25 @ Niles North | 7 |
| 03/22/25 vs Goreville | 7 |
Robert Miller tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. He has become a key player for Vernon Hills: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least eight strikeouts, but 4-11 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Connor Brockway was incredible, going 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Dugan, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Vernon Hills' record is now 6-12. As for Maine East, they dropped their record down to 2-11 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Vernon Hills will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Blue Demons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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