St. Charles is 0-7 against Northern since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. St. Charles will head out on the road to square off against the Northern Patriots at 4:30 p.m.
St. Charles was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell victim to a rough 10-4 defeat at the hands of Great Mills.
St. Charles saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kory Queen, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Northern had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Chargers a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Northern, who have now won four matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Christian Cooper spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Will Ellis, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Oliver Santana, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
St. Charles' loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Northern, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
St. Charles might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Northern in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can St. Charles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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