Platteview put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Fairbury Jeffs an 11-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Platteview as they're now sitting on four straight.
Platteview got a great performance from Griffin Saunders as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Saunders has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Keegan Stobbe was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tucker Riha, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Platteview is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Fairbury, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-14.
As of now, neither Platteview nor Fairbury have any future games scheduled.
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