Illini West put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Liberty Eagles as the Illini West Chargers made off with a 10-3 victory. The win was familiar territory for Illini West who now have six in a row.
Carter Chapin and Reece Shoup made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Chapin pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Shoup tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Chapin has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Chapin scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Shoup went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Illini West got a big performance out of Wesley Robertson, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Johnson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Liberty's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Sims, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Illini West pushed their record up to 10-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Liberty, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-8 record this season.
Illini West will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Alleman at 4:30 p.m. Illini West is facing Alleman at the right time seeing as Alleman is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Liberty, they will head out on the road to take on Seymour at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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