Zion-Benton hasn't had much luck against Lake Zurich recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Zee-Bees will venture away from home to take on the Bears at 4:45 p.m. Lake Zurich took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Zion-Benton, who comes in off a win.
Zion-Benton proved they can win big on Friday (they won by nine) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Niles North, sneaking past 10-8. Ten seems to be a good number for the Zee-Bees as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Zion-Benton got a great performance from Michael Gonzalez as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jack Marabella, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Duran, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Zion-Benton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Lake Zurich's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Wauconda by a score of 3-2.
Lake Zurich's loss dropped their record down to 11-7. As for Zion-Benton, their victory ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-14.
Zion-Benton suffered a grim 16-5 defeat to Lake Zurich in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Zee-Bees avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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