The Illini West Chargers will head out on the road to face off against the Brown County Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Illini West has four straight wins, Brown County has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Illini West is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 16-3 margin over Barry Western on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Madalyn Boyer made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. Boyer has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Boyer was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Kaelyn Ferrill was a standout: she scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Rachel James, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Brown County might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 18-1 to Pleasant Hill, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Illini West's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4. As for Brown County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Illini West might still be hurting after the 16-8 defeat they got from Brown County in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Illini West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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