In softball, Pontiac fell to Normal West 3-2. The Wildcats plated all three runs in the third inning after the Indians took the early lead.
Prairie Central scored in each of the first five innings in a 9-3 win at Lexington.
El Paso-Gridley fell to Fisher, 7-2.
El Paso-Gridley fell to Fisher, 7-2.
In baseball, El Paso-Gridley shutout Lexington, 7-0, at Keller Park. Nathan Lavender pitched six innings of one-hit ball with 15 strikeouts for the Titans. He also homered, doubled and drove in three runs. Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell nipped Roanoke-Benson, 3-2.
Kris Bryant became the fastest Chicago Cub to reach 100 career homeruns, while Antony Rizzo and Addison Russell also homered in a 13-4 whitewash of the Miami Marlins. The Cubs sweep the three-game set outscoring the Marlins 31-9.
The Chicago White Sox squandered four runs in the ninth inning in a 6-5 loss to the Pirates. The Sox have dropped nine of their last 10 games.
The St. Louis Cardinals begin a six-game road trip on Thursday night at San Diego.
The Missouri Valley Conference softball tournament gets underway today in Des Moines, Iowa. Illinois State is the No. 7 seed taking on No. 6 Northern Iowa at 1:30 in the single elimination tournament.
ISU junior outfielder Riley Hale was named to the MVC all-star squad first team.
Phil Michelson is paired with Tiger Woods as the Players Championship gets underway on Thursday at Sawgrass.
