After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Washington Township, Lake Station Edison was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They put the hurt on the South Shore Homeschool Athletics Eagles with a sharp 12-6 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Fighting Eagles considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Clayton Hammons was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and one run. He has become a key player for Lake Station Edison: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 3-12 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Xavier Moore, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base.

Fighting Eagles
05/19/25 vs South Shore Homeschool Athletics | 41.9% |
05/17/25 vs Washington Township | 10% |
05/15/25 @ Westville | 29.4% |
05/12/25 vs River Forest | 6.2% |
05/08/25 @ East Chicago Central | 41% |
+ 15 more games |
Lake Station Edison was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.
Lake Station Edison's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-12. As for South Shore Homeschool Athletics, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
Looking ahead, Lake Station Edison will stay at home for another game and welcome Calumet New Tech at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for South Shore Homeschool Athletics, they will head out to square off against Oregon-Davis at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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