The Champaign Central Maroons will challenge the Triad Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Champaign Central comes in on six and Triad on four.
Champaign Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Mahomet-Seymour get on the board and left with a 1-0 win.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Triad ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past Mascoutah 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Knights have posted since May 5th.
Champaign Central pushed their record up to 26-12-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.2 runs over those games. As for Triad, their win bumped their record up to 32-6.
Champaign Central suffered a grim 15-4 defeat to Triad when the teams last played back in March. Can the Maroons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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