Baseball Recap: Duquoin Snags Eighth Victory in Last Ten Games

By Team Reports May 11, 2025, 6:53am

Baseball Recap: DuQuoin Indians vs. Carmi-White County Bulldogs

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DuQuoin proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 11) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past the Carmi-White County Bulldogs 5-3. The Indians have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.

Caden Scarber

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/10/25 vs Carmi-White County4
04/22/25 @ Frankfort3
03/24/25 @ Red Bud3
03/21/25 vs Tuscola3
05/02/25 vs Sparta2

Caden Scarber looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

On the hitting side, DuQuoin's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Max Zimmerman, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Another was Jaden DeMarie, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.

DuQuoin has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a massive bump to their 17-12 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Carmi-White County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-11-1.

Looking ahead, DuQuoin will venture away from home to challenge Murphysboro at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Red Devils will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Carmi-White County, they will host Flora at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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