The Prairie Central Hawks will head out on the road to take on the Eureka Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Prairie Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight losses, while Eureka will come in with three straight wins.
On Monday, Prairie Central came up short against Illinois Valley Central and fell 5-1.
Prairie Central saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Addis, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Prairie Central didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Eureka can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against LeRoy as Eureka made off with a 7-1 victory.
Prairie Central's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Eureka, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3.
Prairie Central suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Eureka in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Can Prairie Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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