The Illiana Christian Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Portage Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Illiana Christian has three straight victories, Portage has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Illiana Christian beats Portage with ten runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Vikings beat Hammond Bishop Noll on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-3. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won 12 contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Luke Passo was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in June of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden VanKuiken, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Portage came up short against Chesterton on Wednesday and fell 4-1.
Portage saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Braden, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Illiana Christian pushed their record up to 17-3 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Portage, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11-2.
Illiana Christian took their win against Portage in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Indians have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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