Baseball Preview: East Peoria Raiders vs. Pekin Dragons
The East Peoria Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Pekin Dragons at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. East Peoria will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
East Peoria is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Streator (and have done all season long). East Peoria put the hurt on Streator with a sharp 11-1 win on Friday.
Zach Haahn was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Curt Sosnowski, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pekin fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Limestone on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rockets by a score of 2-1. Pekin has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
East Peoria has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Pekin, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-18.
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