Illinois Valley Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against St. Joseph-Ogden on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 4-3. The loss continues a trend for the Grey Ghosts in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost nine in a row.
Illinois Valley Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Garceau, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Illinois Valley Central's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 11-8. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, the victory (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 19-2.
While Illinois Valley Central had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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