The East Moline United Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Kaneland Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Moline United has four straight victories, Kaneland has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Moline United can't be too worried about heading out to take on Kaneland: they just beat Morton at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. East Moline United walked away with a 5-2 win over Morton on Friday.
East Moline United got a great performance from Brody Oppendike as he pitched 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Landon Skiles, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Kaneland lost 14-3 to Washington on Friday.
East Moline United has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Kaneland, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-11.
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