The Murphysboro Red Devils will head out on the road to take on the DuQuoin Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Murphysboro fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Carbondale on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Terriers by a score of 3-1. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Murphysboro couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, while DuQuoin put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Waterloo. DuQuoin came out on top against Waterloo by a score of 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for DuQuoin.
Not much got past Dedrick Melvin, who gave up just one hit to keep Waterloo off the board. Melvin has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, DuQuoin's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was PJ Winters, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Murphysboro's loss dropped their record down to 12-15-1. As for DuQuoin, they pushed their record up to 27-2 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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