With a playoff game on the line, Illiana Christian rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Madison-Grant Argylls a 10-0 shutout. Illiana Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 15 matches by seven runs or more this season.
Not much got past Spencer Bandstra, who gave up just two hits to keep Madison-Grant off the board. Bandstra has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Luke Smith, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double. Aaron Gouwens was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with three RBI.
On Madison-Grant's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Gilman, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
The victory was the sixth in a row for Illiana Christian, bringing their record for this year to 20-9. As for Madison-Grant, their loss dropped their record down to 17-11.
As of now, neither Illiana Christian nor Madison-Grant have any future games scheduled.
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