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| 05/10/22 - Home | 3-6 L |
| 05/04/21 - Home | 10-4 W |
| 05/07/19 - Away | 2-12 L |
| 05/08/18 - Home | 16-6 W |
| 05/09/17 - Away | 1-12 L |
| 05/12/15 - Away | 3-1 W |
Canton and Illini Bluffs are an even 3-3 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Little Giants will challenge the Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. 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.
Washington hit Canton with a ten-run first inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Little Giants came up short against the Panthers, falling 12-0. The Little Giants have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Illini Bluffs entered their tilt with Tremont on Saturday with seven consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with eight. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Turks.
Colton Burdette tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
At the plate, Illini Bluffs saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Toby Cooper, who went 1-for-4 with one run.
Illini Bluffs pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Canton, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-16.
Canton couldn't quite get it done against Illini Bluffs when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as they fell 6-3. Can the Little Giants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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