The Rock Island Rocks will head out on the road to challenge the LaSalle-Peru Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Rock Island is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Rock Island stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They blew past Richwoods 10-0. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Rock Island considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
The team relied heavily on Conner Diiulio, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Josiah Putnam was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for LaSalle-Peru, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They had just enough and edged Sycamore out 2-1.
Brady Backes tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, LaSalle-Peru's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Josh Senica, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Rock Island has been performing well recently as they've won 17 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for LaSalle-Peru, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-15.
Rock Island skirted past LaSalle-Peru 9-8 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rock Island 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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