The Terre Haute-based Rex prepared for the upcoming playoffs by sweeping a doubleheader from the Normal Cornbelters on Sunday evening, winning the first game 11-1 and taking the nightcap 6-1.
The first-place Rex will finish out their regular season by playing at Lafayette on Tuesday and at the Cape Catfish on Wednesday, before hosting Springfield for a doubleheader on Thursday in the regular-season finale.
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