The Danville Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Westville Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
16 must be Danville's lucky number: they beat Peoria with that score not once but twice on Wednesday. The Vikings beat the Lions by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 16-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Meanwhile, Westville entered their tilt with Iroquois West on Monday with eight consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with nine. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Raiders a 13-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.
Westville pushed their record up to 13-1 with the victory, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 10.6 runs this season. As for Danville, their record now sits at 2-12.
Danville suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Westville in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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