Lake Central had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Penn Kingsmen an 8-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Lake Central also won the last time the pair played on Saturday.
Luke O'Keefe tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Michael Szatkowski, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Lake Central is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Penn, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-5.
Lake Central will stay at home for another game and welcome Michigan City at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lake Central is facing Michigan City at the right time seeing as Michigan City is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for Penn, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against South Bend Adams at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Bend Adams: 1.8, Penn: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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