Baseball Preview: St. Charles North North Stars vs. Geneva Vikings
St. Charles North is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Geneva is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Charles North North Stars will take on the Geneva Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Charles North: 3, Geneva: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Charles North is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lake Park, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (St. Charles North was ranked sixth). St. Charles North fell 5-1 to Lake Park on Friday. St. Charles North was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior) but Lake Park's pitchers proved too tough.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Geneva had to settle for a 7-5 loss against St. Charles East on Thursday.
Geneva got a good showing from Shane Webb, who tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Nick Price made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was John Rueth, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
St. Charles North's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-4-1. As for Geneva, their loss dropped their record down to 20-6-1.
St. Charles North took their win against Geneva when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 13-0. Does St. Charles North have another victory up their sleeve, or will Geneva turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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