Bloomington had lost four straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 18-11 to make it five. They fell just short of the Normal Community Ironmen by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Purple Raiders have suffered since March 24th.
As for Normal Community, the win was the 13th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 27-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games.
For Normal Community's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Michaels, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
While Bloomington had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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