Baseball Preview: Peotone Blue Devils vs. Wilmington Wildcats
Peotone is 2-8 against Wilmington since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Peotone Blue Devils will look to defend their home field against the Wilmington Wildcats at 4:30 p.m.
Peotone is is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They lost 10-3 to Crete-Monee.
Peotone saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Eaheart, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wilmington came tearing into Tuesday's game with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 6-3.
Lucas Rink was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. Dierks Geiss was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Peotone's defeat dropped their record down to 4-13. As for Wilmington, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Peotone hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Wilmington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Peotone suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Wilmington when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Peotone avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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