Baseball Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Quincy Blue Devils
The Rock Island Rocks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Quincy Blue Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Rock Island is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Rock Island's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Moline and snuck past 2-0.
Not much got past Owen Michaels, who gave up just three hits to keep Moline off the board. Michaels has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Quincy had to settle for a 5-3 loss against East Moline United on Saturday. Quincy has struggled against East Moline United recently, as their contest on Saturday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Rock Island is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Quincy, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Rock Island took their win against Quincy in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 17-4. Will Rock Island repeat their success, or does Quincy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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