Deer Creek-Mackinaw lost against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs lost 10-1 to the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons. The loss continues a trend for Deer Creek-Mackinaw in their matchups with Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley: they've now lost three in a row.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Spurlock, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, Deer Creek-Mackinaw didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 13th loss (out of 19 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
On Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's side, the team relied heavily on David Hull, who scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ty Cribbett, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-17. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season.
Deer Creek-Mackinaw will head out on the road to face off against Peoria Christian at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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