Baseball Recap: West Aurora Comes Up Short

After soaring to 11 runs the game before, West Aurora was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They fell just short of the South Elgin Storm by a score of 2-1. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Oscar Alexander Jr. was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and one triple. That triple was his first of the season.

West Aurora's loss dropped their record down to 16-8. As for South Elgin, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.

West Aurora didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 13-3 win against Ridgewood on the 7th. As for South Elgin, they have also already played their next contest, an 8-1 victory against West Chicago on the 7th.