The Lake Zurich Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Hersey Huskies at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Lake Zurich's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Lake Forest as Lake Zurich made off with a 16-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Lake Zurich considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Katarina Milutinovic was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Milutinovic was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run.
In other pitching news, Alaina Krzeminski looked comfortable as she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Morgan Lesniewicz was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Alli Koelper, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hersey came tearing into Wednesday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Bison with a sharp 14-4 victory. The result was nothing new for Hersey, who have now won ten games by six runs or more so far this season.
Lake Zurich has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Hersey, they pushed their record up to 19-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Lake Zurich suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Hersey in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Lake Zurich avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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