Lake Zurich is 10-0 against Waukegan since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Lake Zurich Bears have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Waukegan Bulldogs at 4:45 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Lake Zurich is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 16 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Mundelein on Tuesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mustangs. The defeat continues a trend for Lake Zurich in their matchups with Mundelein: they've now lost four in a row.
Lake Zurich saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alli Koelper, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Waukegan's offense. They lost 15-0 to Stevenson on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 22 runs in the game before, Waukegan's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Lake Zurich's loss dropped their record down to 13-11. As for Waukegan, they dropped their record down to 1-16 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight at home.
Lake Zurich took their win against Waukegan in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 16-0. Will Lake Zurich repeat their success, or does Waukegan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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