We lost 2 tough, hard fought games to Moline on Thursday night. This was the series that decided the sophomore conference race with each team coming in with only 1 conference loss. Sadly we ended up on the wrong side of a 5-1, 1-0 sweep. Carson Cheesman and Drake Sykes threw well, but Moline was able to capitalize on some defensive miscues in each game to score enough runs for Defrieze and Brill who both threw complete game victories. Brill threw a no hitter in game 2 while walking six.
We haven't seen any pitching this year that was anywhere close to as good as we saw lastnight. We need to get better at fighting off tough pitches and putting the ball in play with 2 strikes. We get a chance to improve tonight against East Peoria.
