Baseball Preview: East Moline United Panthers vs. Galesburg Silver Streaks
East Moline United is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Galesburg is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The East Moline United Panthers will take on the Galesburg Silver Streaks at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
East Moline United will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-point they dealt Mercer County on Monday. East Moline United put the hurt on Mercer County with a sharp 12-2 win.
Christian Peterson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Peterson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Quinn Scott, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Braedon King, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Galesburg's way against Geneseo on Saturday as Galesburg made off with a 9-2 victory.
East Moline United has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Galesburg, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
East Moline United beat Galesburg 4-1 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will East Moline United repeat their success, or does Galesburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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