The Champaign Central Maroons are taking a road trip to challenge the Charleston Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Champaign Central has eight straight wins, Charleston has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Champaign Central can't be too worried about heading out to take on Charleston: they just beat Monticello at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Maroons walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Sages on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Charleston fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Tolono Unity on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rockets.
Quinn Taylor was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over eight innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in April.
On the hitting side, Charleston saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Matheny, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Champaign Central's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-11-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Charleston, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Champaign Central came up short against Charleston in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 4-1. Can the Maroons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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