Peterson was easily one of the best rookies in the league last season, batting .333 with nine home runs and 29 RBI – two of those categories team-leading totals in 2018.
He has thrived again this spring, going on a torrid streak at the dish as the Storm completed a three-game sweep against Urbana.
In those three games, Peterson was 8-for-12 at the plate with four doubles, a triple, home run and seven RBI. He scored six times and slugged 1.417, a ridiculous percentage that topped all players in the league over the past week.
Peterson was a triple shy of the cycle in Saturday’s series opener as he went 3-for-5 with three RBI. He launched a solo shot to start the second inning and drove in another run with a double in the fifth.
In his first at-bat he came through with an RBI single as the Storm pounded out 17 hits to score 14 runs.
Playing left field to start Saturday’s DH, Peterson was 4-for-5 with a triple as LEC again produced double-digit run production in the box score. Three of his hits were extra-base style with two doubles and he legged out a triple.
The finale included just two at-bats vs. Urbana but the Blue Knights still couldn’t get him out. He was 1-for-2 with two RBI and three runs scored.