Baseball Recap: Lake Park has no trouble against Wheaton-Warrenville South

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 3:36pm

Baseball Recap: Lake Park Lancers vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers

Lake Park put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers as the Lake Park Lancers made off with an 8-1 victory. Winning may never get old, but Lake Park sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.

Lewis Slade looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Jacob Folkes and Ryan Colucci did most of the damage at the plate: Folkes scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Colucci scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Colucci is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jason Keefe, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.

Lake Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Wheaton-Warrenville South, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9-1.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Lake Park beat Wheaton-Warrenville South by a score of 5-2 later that day.

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