The Lane Tech Champions will venture away from home to square off against the Stevenson Patriots at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Lane Tech is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
Lane Tech is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Whitney Young just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Sunday. They fell 6-2 to the Dolphins.
Lane Tech saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Brobson, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Stevenson came tearing into Wednesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.9 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They skirted past the Wildcats 5-3.
The team relied heavily on Jasmine Lucero, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, one stolen base, and two RBI. Sophia Becker also deserves some recognition as she hit her first triple of the season.
Stevenson's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lane Tech, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 14-9.
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