Baseball Game Preview: Lake Park Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 5:34am

Baseball Preview: Lake Park Lancers vs. St. Charles North North Stars

Lake Park is on a three-game streak of home wins, while St. Charles North is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lake Park Lancers will take on the St. Charles North North Stars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Park: 3.8, St. Charles North: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Lake Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: St. Charles North, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Lake Park was ranked 16th). Lake Park lost 10-1 to St. Charles North on Wednesday.

Lake Park saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Patel, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Even though they lost, Lake Park hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.

Lake Park's loss dropped their record down to 20-6. As for St. Charles North, their win bumped their record up to 21-3-1.

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