HARRISBURG, ILL. – Jose Cabrera, Jr. threw a one-hitter to lead No. 1-ranked Wabash Valley to a 10-0 win over Southeastern Illinois in the first game of a Region 24 doubleheader on Tuesday.
The Warriors finished off a sweep by using four hurlers to record a 17-0 win in the nitecap, the team's sixth consecutive shutout victory.
Cabrera, a sophomore righthander, carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning. He retired the first two batters in the frame before the Falcons' Ryan Kassel broke it up with a line drive single to right.
In the end, Cabrera needed only 69 pitches for his first complete-game shutout of the year. He struck out two and walked five in becoming the first six-game winner of the season.
Pablo Suarez went the first four innings in the second game as the Warriors piled up a 14-0 lead. Relievers Caleb Meeks, Scott Harper and Keegan Batka then tossed one inning each to preserve the shutout.
Warrior pitchers have not allowed a run in 38 consecutive innings of work.
WVC (33-2, winners of 17 straight) struck early in both games, with three runs in the first inning of the opener, and six runs to open the finale.
Savier Pinales, the leading hitter in the country at .513, had three hits in the first game, while Jonathan Nieves added four RBIs.
In the second game, both Hylan Hall and Curtis Washington were perfect at the plate. Hall was 2-for-2 with a team-best four RBIs, while Washington was 3-for-3.
The Warriors cracked two home runs in the game, both coming in a seven-run fourth inning. Payton Pennington blasted a three-run shot (his third of the year), with Freylin Minyety adding a solo shot (his seventh).
Warrior bats have now generated 13 consecutive games of double-digit run production.
A weekend series against IVY Tech Northeast has been scratched. Warrior coaches are hoping to add a single game to the slate on Saturday.
Southeastern Illinois fell to 15-15 with the losses.