Softball Preview: Peoria Lions vs. Bloomington Purple Raiders
Peoria is 0-8 against Bloomington since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Peoria Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Peoria lost 16-1 to Normal Community on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Peoria has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Bloomington came up short against Normal University on Wednesday and fell 5-2.
Bloomington saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Shuey, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Shuey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Peoria and nudges their season record down to 2-10. As for Bloomington, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-10 record this season.
Peoria might still be hurting after the 20-3 defeat they got from Bloomington in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Peoria, Ella Holliday (who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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