Normal Community is 9-1 against Richwoods since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Ironmen will take on the Knights at 7:00 p.m. Normal Community is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
Richwoods will be up against a hot Normal Community squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Ironmen came out on top against the Knights by a score of 4-0 on Monday.
Jacob Engel
| 04/28/25 vs Richwoods | 2 |
| 04/23/25 @ Normal West | 0 |
| 04/11/25 @ Champaign Central | 1 |
| 04/08/25 @ Peoria Notre Dame | 2 |
| 03/18/25 @ Morton | 1 |
Normal Community got a great performance from Jacob Engel as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Engel has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Andrew Naour and Brady Burkhart did most of the damage at the plate: Naour went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Burkhart went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run. That's the most hits Naour has posted over his last 12 matches. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Heineman, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Normal Community pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Richwoods, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.
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