With a playoff game on the line, DuQuoin rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes a 6-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for DuQuoin, who have now won 19 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Eli Maynor, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Zeigler-Royalton off the board. Maynor has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tilden Henderson, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of PJ Winters, who went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases.
The win (which was DuQuoin's fourth in a row) raised their record to 32-3. As for Zeigler-Royalton, their defeat dropped their record down to 26-7.
DuQuoin is on the road again on Wednesday to play Mt. Carmel at 6:30 p.m. DuQuoin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season. Zeigler-Royalton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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