Plainfield stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past the Decatur Central Hawks 11-4. The victory was nothing new for Plainfield as they're now sitting on four straight.
Max Mantooth and Carter Orner dominated on the mound. Mantooth tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits, while Orner struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Mantooth has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Plainfield's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was John Jaisle, who scored a run while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Carson Cole, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
On Decatur Central's side, Jaylan Yates made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Triston Fidler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Plainfield's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for Decatur Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Plainfield beat Decatur Central by a score of 6-3 later that day.
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