The Canton Little Giants will square off against the Peoria Notre Dame Irish at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Canton will be strutting in after a victory while Peoria Notre Dame will be coming in after a loss.
Canton took a ten-run defeat the last time they faced off against Pekin, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Little Giants sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 win over the Dragons on Tuesday. Seven seems to be a good number for the Little Giants as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Tori Birch was a major factor no matter where she played. She struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up five earned runs off ten hits. Birch was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run.
In other batting news, Makaylynne Correa was excellent, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. Allison Wheeler was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Peoria Notre Dame fell victim to Normal Community and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Ironmen, falling 9-0. The Irish haven't had much luck with the Ironmen recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Peoria Notre Dame saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avery Ginglen, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.
Canton's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Peoria Notre Dame, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-6.
Canton couldn't quite get it done against Peoria Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in March of 2019 as they fell 6-2. Can the Little Giants avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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