Baseball Game Preview: Quincy Blue Devils vs. Rock Island Rocks

For the second straight game, Quincy will face off against Rock Island. The Blue Devils will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rocks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Quincy proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by nine) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Rock Island 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Blue Devils have posted since May 18, 2024.

Drake Gibson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off ten hits. Gibson was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with one home run and one double. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March.

Mason Ritter

Hits (Career)

04/14/25 @ Rock Island	3
04/09/25 vs Galesburg	2
04/12/25 @ Hannibal	1
04/08/25 @ Illini West	1
04/07/25 @ Galesburg	1

In other batting news, Mason Ritter was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Dent, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Quincy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive games.

This is the second loss in a row for Rock Island and nudges their season record down to 5-7. As for Quincy, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 4-10.