Baseball Recap: DuQuoin Indians vs. Waterloo Bulldogs
DuQuoin never let their opponents score on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over the Waterloo Bulldogs. The victory made it back-to-back wins for DuQuoin.
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.
At the plate, DuQuoin saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was PJ Winters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
DuQuoin pushed their record up to 27-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Waterloo, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-10 record this season.
DuQuoin will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Carmi-White County at 10:00 a.m. Carmi-White County's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so DuQuoin's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Waterloo, they will head out on the road to challenge Carterville at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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