The East Peoria Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Canton Little Giants at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Peoria has six straight victories, Canton has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Monday, East Peoria had just enough and edged Washington out 3-1.
Canton lost 9-1 to Morton on Thursday.
Canton saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooklyn Dennis, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
East Peoria has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Canton, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
East Peoria took their win against Canton when the teams last played on April 6th by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Peoria since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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