Wilmington had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Peotone Blue Devils out 2-1. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Wilmington has scored all season.
Lexi Strohm tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 7.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Wilmington saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Molly Southall, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Wilmington has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Peotone, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 6-11.
Wilmington will have a chance to go back-to-back against Peotone: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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