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| 04/11/24 - Away | 16-1 W |
| 04/13/23 - Home | 10-0 W |
| 04/28/22 - Away | 5-4 W |
| 04/29/21 - Home | 10-3 W |
| 05/16/19 - Home | 12-2 W |
| + 2 more games |
Normal Community has gone a perfect 7-0 against Urbana recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Ironmen will be playing at home against the Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Neither Normal Community nor Urbana posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Normal Community fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Metamora on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Redbirds by a score of 2-1. The contest marked the Ironmen's lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Avery Anderson spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on nine hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Normal Community saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was McKenna Baughman, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Urbana was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 11-0 to Mahomet-Seymour.
Urbana's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Normal Community, they moved to 4-9 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Normal Community took their victory against Urbana in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 16-1 score. Will the Ironmen repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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