A Peck of pitching prowess // Downers North improves

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 12, 1989| Author: Dan Bade | Copyright information

If Downers Grove North pitcher Brandi Peck gets any better, opposing hitters may be in for a long spring.

Peck's earned run average has dropped from 9.63, when she moved to the Chicago area from Colorado as a freshman, to 1.76 in two years.

The turnaround has been consistent. She lowered her ERA to 4.82 the summer following her freshman year. As a sophomore, she dropped to 3.16, breaking the school record. Now, after a summer with the school's traveling team in which her ER...