Baseball Game Preview: LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers vs. East Peoria Raiders

By Team Reports May 8, 2025, 1:48am

Baseball Preview: LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers vs. East Peoria Raiders

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The LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers will venture away from home to face off against the East Peoria Raiders at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. LaSalle-Peru will be strutting in after a win while East Peoria will be coming in after a loss.

East Peoria will be up against a hot LaSalle-Peru team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. The Cavaliers put the hurt on Rochelle with a sharp 16-4 victory on Wednesday. The Cavaliers not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 21st (when they won 17-1).

Meanwhile, East Peoria came up short against Morton on Wednesday and fell 7-4.

East Peoria saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Ahrens, who went 2-for-3 with two runs.

LaSalle-Peru's win bumped their record up to 14-10. As for East Peoria, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-7.

LaSalle-Peru skirted past East Peoria 4-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cavaliers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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