Sycamore was the 6-5 winner over LaSalle-Peru when they last played one another last Monday, but their luck changed this time around. The Sycamore Spartans fell just short of the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday.
For LaSalle-Peru's part, Brady Backes tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, LaSalle-Peru saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Senica, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Sycamore's defeat dropped their record down to 18-5. As for LaSalle-Peru, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-15 record this season.
While Sycamore had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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