Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley won the last time they faced Deer Creek-Mackinaw, and things went their way on Saturday too. The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons were the clear victor by a 10-1 margin over the Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs.
David Hull was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Ty Cribbett was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
On Deer Creek-Mackinaw's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Spurlock, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, Deer Creek-Mackinaw didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 13th loss (out of 19 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season. As for Deer Creek-Mackinaw, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-17.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley will take on Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season. As for Deer Creek-Mackinaw, they will head out on the road to square off against Peoria Christian at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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