Kankakee pushed their score to 21 the last time they played Thornton, but on Monday they couldn't quite do it again. The Kankakee Kays' pitcher stepped up to hand the Thornton Wildcats a 2-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Kankakee, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kankakee saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xander McPhail, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Kankakee's victory bumped their record up to 17-11-1. As for Thornton, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-13-1.
Kankakee will have a chance to go back-to-back against Thornton: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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