The Rushville-Industry Rockets are taking a road trip to take on the Abingdon/Avon Tornadoes at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Rushville-Industry's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Illini West as they made off with a 13-0 win. The Rockets haven't had any issues with the Chargers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Italee Ford was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with one home run and six RBI. Devin Vogler was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.
Rushville-Industry was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Illini West only posted a batting average of .200.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Abingdon/Avon). They blew past Macomb 13-5 on Saturday.
Addy Onion was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 5.1 innings pitched. Those hits marked the first that she allowed this season. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Abingdon/Avon got a massive performance out of Avery Stegall, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. Those three stolen bases gave Stegall a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Taylor Ford, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and four RBI.
The win got Rushville-Industry back to even at 1-1. As for Abingdon/Avon, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Rushville-Industry couldn't quite get it done against Abingdon/Avon in their previous meeting back in March of 2024 as they fell 8-4. Can the Rockets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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