On Wednesday, Lake Park faced Geneva in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lake Park Lancers walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Geneva Vikings. This was a revenge contest for Lake Park, as the team was forced to settle for a 9-7 loss when these two played last Tuesday.
Lake Park got a great performance from Lewis Slade as he struck out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chris Ray, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double. Dan Dellaria was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.
On Geneva's side, they got a good showing from Miles Dibble, who tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Geneva saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joey Cosentino, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Lake Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. As for Geneva, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-2-1.
Lake Park will look to defend their home field on Saturday against St. Charles East at 10:00 a.m. St. Charles East will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Lake Park surely won't give up without a fight. As for Geneva, they will head out on the road to challenge Glenbard North at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Geneva is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
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