Baseball Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Moline Maroons
The Rock Island Rocks will head out on the road to challenge the Moline Maroons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Rock Island is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Rock Island stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Limestone with a sharp 10-3 win.
Jackson Bennett made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Bennett was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Namarion Coleman was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Conner Diiulio was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Moline came up short against Normal University on Monday and fell 8-3. Moline has struggled against Normal University recently, as their contest on Monday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Rock Island has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Moline, their loss dropped their record down to 13-10.
Rock Island came out on top in a nail-biter against Moline when the teams last played last Saturday, sneaking past 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rock Island since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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