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| 05/17/25 - Home | 13-3 W |
| 05/11/24 - Away | 15-4 W |
| 05/13/23 - Home | 12-2 W |
| 05/14/22 - Away | 14-0 W |
| 05/12/18 - Away | 4-1 W |
| 05/13/17 - Home | 8-0 W |
Rantoul has gone a perfect 6-0 against MacArthur recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Generals at 10:00 a.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Rantoul duked it out with Prairie Central on Thursday. The Eagles fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 2-1. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Rantoul saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Cheek, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, MacArthur came up short against Glenwood on Wednesday, falling 11-1. That's two games in a row now that the Generals have lost by exactly ten runs.
Rantoul's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for MacArthur, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Rantoul has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like MacArthur struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 7.4 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Rantoul's way against MacArthur in their previous meeting back in May of 2025, as Rantoul made off with a 13-3 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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