Baseball Preview: Geneva Vikings vs. Yorkville Foxes
The Geneva Vikings will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Yorkville Foxes at 11:00 a.m. Geneva will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
In what's become a running theme this season, Geneva gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They put the hurt on Jacobs with a sharp 12-3 win.
Geneva got a big performance out of Sam Seykora, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Nate Stempowski, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Yorkville unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Plainfield North by a score of 1-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Yorkville was not able to get on the board.
Gabe Sanders was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Yorkville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jailen Veliz, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Geneva's victory bumped their record up to 22-8-1. As for Yorkville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-11.
Geneva came out on top in a nail-biter against Yorkville when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 5-4. Will Geneva repeat their success, or does Yorkville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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