The Pekin Dragons will head out to challenge the Dunlap Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pekin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
Pekin will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Lincoln on Wednesday. The Dragons blew past the Railsplitters 16-7. Considering the Dragons have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kinley Arnold spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered seven earned runs on ten hits and racked up eight Ks.
Kylea Seidell
| 04/29/26 @ Lincoln | 4 |
| 03/30/26 vs Richwoods | 3 |
| 04/14/26 vs Morton | 2 |
| 04/09/26 @ Washington | 2 |
| 04/04/26 @ Danville | 2 |
At the plate, Kylea Seidell was incredible, firing off three home runs, seven RBI, and four runs while going 3-for-4. Those four runs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Abbie Walker, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two RBI, and one double.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Pekin lost a few balls and finished the game with six home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Dunlap unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Metamora by a score of 3-2.
Pekin is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Dunlap, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 19-5.
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