The Peotone Blue Devils will face off against the Herscher Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Herscher took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Peotone, who comes in off a win.
Peotone is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Grant Park with a sharp 15-7 win on Friday. The Blue Devils haven't had any issues with the Dragons recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Declan McMaster made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-5 with three runs.
Kayden Derkacy
| 04/24/26 @ Grant Park | 5 |
| 04/07/26 @ Manteno | 3 |
| 03/30/26 @ Streator | 3 |
| 04/10/26 @ St. Anne | 2 |
| 04/21/26 @ Reed-Custer | 1 |
In other batting news, Kayden Derkacy was incredible, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with five RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyler Leitelt, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with one stolen base and two RBI.
Peotone always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .569. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Herscher was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 5-1 to Bradley-Bourbonnais.
Herscher saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gaige Brown, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Herscher's loss dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Peotone, their win bumped their record up to 3-13.
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