Baseball Preview: East Moline United Panthers vs. East Peoria Raiders
The East Moline United Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the East Peoria Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (East Moline United: 3.6, East Peoria: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, East Moline United had just enough and edged Galesburg out 4-3.
Brody Oppendike tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched.
At the plate, East Moline United saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braedon King, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Brody Toland was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, East Peoria has not done well against Washington recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. East Peoria never let Washington onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Peoria.
Not much got past R.J. Duncheon, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Washington off the board. Duncheon has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dave Hartwell, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
East Moline United pushed their record up to 13-5 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for East Peoria, their win bumped their record up to 18-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. East Moline United has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Peoria struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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