The Rock Island Rocks will head out on the road to take on the East Moline United Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Rock Island gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past Galesburg 14-1. With that win, Rock Island brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Alaina Kress was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, seven RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Maddie Franks, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI.
Meanwhile, East Moline United came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Golden Warriors.
Miah Berhenke was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Mea Johnson was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
The win made it two in a row for Rock Island and bumps their season record up to 10-6. As for East Moline United, their victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Rock Island hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.2 home runs per game. However, it's not like East Moline United struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Rock Island skirted past East Moline United 7-5 in their previous meeting back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was East Moline United's Reagan Kearns, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rock Island still be able to contain Kearns? There's only one way to find out.
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