The Gillespie Miners will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Carlinville Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. Gillespie is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Gillespie waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Vandals out 6-4. That's two games straight that Gillespie has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Colin Griffith, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. He hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games.
Meanwhile, Carlinville's 21-3 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-4 walloping at the hands of East Alton-Wood River on Wednesday. Carlinville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Carlinville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dom Alepra, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Wise, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Gillespie has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Carlinville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Gillespie skirted past Carlinville 6-5 in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Gillespie repeat their success, or does Carlinville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
