Baseball Preview: DuQuoin Indians vs. Murphysboro Red Devils
DuQuoin has been on the road for two straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Murphysboro Red Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. DuQuoin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
DuQuoin's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Waterloo by a score of 3-0.
Not much got past Dedrick Melvin, who gave up just one hit to keep Waterloo off the board. Melvin has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, DuQuoin's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was PJ Winters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matches, Murphysboro finally came back down to earth on Friday. They fell just short of Carbondale by a score of 3-1.
DuQuoin pushed their record up to 27-2 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Murphysboro, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15-1.
DuQuoin skirted past Murphysboro 4-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will DuQuoin repeat their success, or does Murphysboro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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