Rock Island extended their losing streak to five on Wednesday, dropping them down to 7-19. They fell 9-4 to the Galesburg Silver Streaks. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Silver Streaks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-2 on Monday.
As for Galesburg, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-17. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 6 runs in those games.
For Galesburg's part, they got a great performance from Caden Riley as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over 5.2 innings pitched. Riley is becoming a predictor of the Silver Streaks' success: when he posts at least eight strikeouts the team is 2-1 (and 7-16 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Hayden Ralston and Drew Hickey did most of the damage at the plate: Ralston went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Hickey went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Galesburg is undefeated when Ralston posts two or more runs, but 4-17 otherwise. Easton Pickrel was another key player, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs.
Coming up, Rock Island will host East Moline United at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Galesburg, they will head out on the road to challenge Reed-Custer at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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