The Illiana Christian Vikings are on the road again on Saturday to play the Madison-Grant Argylls at 11:00 a.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Illiana Christian: 3.3, Madison-Grant: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Illiana Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Wheeler 8-1. Considering Illiana Christian has won 14 games by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Tanner Post spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Luke Smith and Tyler Balkema did most of the damage at the plate: Smith went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, while Balkema scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Connor Krause was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases.
Meanwhile, Madison-Grant had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Eagles.
Luke Gilman was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Harry Brooks, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Illiana Christian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Madison-Grant, their win bumped their record up to 17-10.
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