Baseball Preview: LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers vs. Morris Redskins
LaSalle-Peru is 2-8 against Morris since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers will challenge the Morris Redskins at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with LaSalle-Peru sitting on three straight victories and Morris on 13.
LaSalle-Peru's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Streator 10-0.
Brady Backes looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Alex Galindo and Brandon Foreman did most of the damage at the plate: Galindo scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Foreman went 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Gross, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple.
Meanwhile, Morris stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Streator as Morris made off with a 7-0 win.
LaSalle-Peru's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-15. As for Morris, their win bumped their record up to 23-3.
LaSalle-Peru suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to Morris in their previous meeting back in April. Can LaSalle-Peru avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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