The Southwestern Piasa Birds will challenge the Gillespie Miners at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Southwestern is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 7-3 to the Vipers.
Southwestern saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Lowis, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI. Ike Austin was another, going 1-for-3 with two runs.
16 must be Gillespie's lucky number: they beat Bunker Hill with that score not once but twice on Monday. The Miners didn't even let the Minutemen on the board, marking the Miners' second-straight 16-0 shutout. Considering the Miners have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The win was the third in a row for Gillespie, bringing their record up to 11-7. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.3 runs over those games. As for Southwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-13.
Southwestern was able to grind out a solid win over Gillespie in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 7-3. Do the Piasa Birds have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Miners turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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