Baseball Recap: Dunlap Snags Eighth Win in Last Nine Games

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

04/05/25 vs Union Grove	15
04/09/25 @ Pekin	10
04/05/25 vs Madison West	10
03/22/25 @ De Smet Jesuit	10
03/21/25 vs Normal University	9

Dunlap won the last time they faced Illinois Valley Central and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Eagles were the clear victors by a 10-4 margin over the Grey Ghosts. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.

Davis Weeks was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Gray, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.

Weeks wasn't the only one working in the home run department: Dunlap lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in May of 2024.

Dunlap has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Illinois Valley Central, they moved to 9-5 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Coming up, Dunlap will be playing at home against Limestone at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Illinois Valley Central, they will head out to face off against Richwoods at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.