The East Dubuque Warriors will face off against the South Beloit Sobos at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
East Dubuque's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Southwestern with a sharp 17-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, South Beloit had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They walked away with a 9-5 victory over the Cougars.
Cesar Alfaro made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Alfaro was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
In other batting news, Trudane Peterson and JT Sanders did most of the damage at the plate: Peterson went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI, while Sanders went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two runs gave Peterson a new career-high.
South Beloit's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-7. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for East Dubuque, their win bumped their record up to 15-13-1.
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