Baseball Recap: Wheaton-Warrenville South Snaps Four-Game Streak of Losses on the Road

Wheaton-Warrenville South hadn't done well against St. Charles East recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Tigers came out on top against the Fighting Saints by a score of 9-4. This was a revenge game for the Tigers: when they faced off against the Fighting Saints on Saturday, they had to take a 13-11 defeat.

Luke Mantell

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/19/25 @ St. Charles East	4
05/09/25 @ Lake Park	2
04/14/25 vs Geneva	2
03/29/25 @ Bartlett	2
04/21/25 @ Glenbard North	1

Luke Mantell looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

On the hitting side, Wheaton-Warrenville South let Brandon Esposito and Caleb Mease run wild. Esposito went 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base, while Mease went 1-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave Mease a new career-high. Jacob Conover was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Wheaton-Warrenville South kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive matches.

Wheaton-Warrenville South's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 14-17. As for St. Charles East, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 13-17.

Wheaton-Warrenville South will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Fighting Saints: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.