Baseball Recap: Eight Straight Home Wins for East Moline United

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but East Moline United ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They skirted past the Galesburg Silver Streaks 2-1. The win continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Silver Streaks: they've now won five in a row.

Will Rises looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of East Moline United's success: when he allows at most three earned runs the team is 5-1 (and 4-5 when he doesn't).

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Christian Peterson, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.

Panthers

Previous Games (Home)

04/14/25 vs Galesburg	2-1
04/09/25 vs Alleman	7-6
04/05/25 vs Rockridge	4-3
03/31/25 vs Rock Island	3-1
03/26/25 vs East Dubuque	10-0
+ 3 more games

East Moline United's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-6. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Galesburg, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-10.

Coming up, East Moline United will square off against Pekin at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Panthers are facing the Dragons at the right time seeing as the Dragons are stuck on a four-game losing streak. Galesburg will be paying especially close attention to East Moline United's contest: after East Moline United faces off against Pekin, they'll take on Galesburg again at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.