Normal West is 2-8 against Champaign Central since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Wildcats will host the Maroons at 4:30 p.m. Neither Normal West nor Champaign Central posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Normal West is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since March 25th on Saturday. They came up short against Dunlap, falling 8-1. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Wildcats' biggest loss of the season was also their lowest-scoring.
Normal West saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam McCully, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Champaign Central came up short against Normal Community on Friday and fell 6-2. The Maroons haven't had much luck with the Ironmen recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Normal West's defeat dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Champaign Central, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-1.
Normal West couldn't quite finish off Champaign Central in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 5-3. Will the Wildcats have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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