Dragons
| 04/28/26 @ Beecher | 3 |
| 04/24/26 vs Peotone | 7 |
| 04/23/26 @ Momence | 15 |
| 04/22/26 vs Watseka | 2 |
| 04/21/26 vs Momence | 8 |
| + 10 more games |
For the second straight game, Grant Park will face off against Beecher. The Dragons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bobcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Grant Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither Grant Park nor Beecher made it on the board until the seventh inning. The Dragons fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 4-3. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Dean Malkowski was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single earned run, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in May of 2025. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.
Malkowski wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Overbeek, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
The win (which was Beecher's sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-7. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Grant Park, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
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