The Pekin Dragons will venture away from home to square off against the East Peoria Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Pekin is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Pekin lost 13-3 to Tremont on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Dragons have lost by exactly ten runs.
Pekin saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Bolen, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for East Peoria's offense. They fell just short of Normal Community by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for the Raiders in their meetings with the Ironmen: they've now lost five in a row.
Not much got past R.J. Duncheon, who gave up just two hits to keep Normal Community off the board. Duncheon has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
East Peoria's defeat dropped their record down to 22-8. As for Pekin, their loss dropped their record down to 6-21.
Pekin suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to East Peoria when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Dragons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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