Illinois
Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp double up Gems for 8-4 triumph
The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp improved to 7-3 within the second half of the Prospect League season, doubling up the visiting Quincy Gems, 8-4, on Saturday at Peru’s Schweickert Stadium at Veteran’s Park.
The Shrimp scored 4 runs within the backside half of the primary inning and led comfortably all through, with 4 pitchers – starter and successful pitcher Ty Weatherly (6 IP, 2 ER, 8 Okay), adopted by relievers’ Jared Herzog (1 IP, 0 R, 3 Okay), Kevin Davis (1 IP, 0 R, 1 Okay) and Tucker Bougie (1 IP, 0 R, 2 Okay) – holding the Gems down.
Bougie additionally homered as a part of a two-hit, three-RBI sport. Pistol Shrimp catcher Bobby Cavin additionally delivered two hits and three RBIs, with Luke Adams and Ivan Witt additionally contributing two hits apiece.
The Shrimp are scheduled to finish their homestand Monday in opposition to the Springfield Fortunate Horseshoes and Tuesday in opposition to the Lafayette Aviators. Each video games are scheduled to start out at 7:05 p.m.