The Byron Tigers will face off against the Stillman Valley Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Byron has 23 straight victories, Stillman Valley has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Byron barely beat North Boone the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Tigers' pitchers stepped up to hand the Vikings a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won 20 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Stillman Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Rockford Christian on Tuesday and fell 5-4.
Stillman Valley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Casey McCleary, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Byron pushed their record up to 26-4 with the win, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs over those games. As for Stillman Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-22.
Everything went Byron's way against Stillman Valley when the teams last played two weeks ago, as Byron made off with an 11-0 win. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cardinals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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