The Peoria Heights Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the West Prairie Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. West Prairie took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Peoria Heights, who comes in off a win.
Peoria Heights is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Astoria/VIT a 17-0 shutout on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Peoria Heights considering their two-run performance the game before.
Finely Heath made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Heath was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Cam Ron Williams was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three doubles, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Brady Larson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, West Prairie was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 19-1 to Brimfield.
Peoria Heights' victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-15. As for West Prairie, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
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