Lake Forest proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by seven) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over the Mundelein Mustangs. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Scouts have posted since April 29th.
Nate Brezak tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
Bink Hartline
| 05/19/25 vs Mundelein | 3 |
| 04/15/24 vs Zion-Benton | 2 |
| 05/09/25 vs Deerfield | 1 |
| 04/28/25 vs Stevenson | 1 |
| 04/19/25 @ Cary-Grove | 1 |
On the hitting side, Lake Forest's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bink Hartline, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI. Those three RBI gave Hartline a new career-high. Another was Luke Pasquesi, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Lake Forest's record now sits at 14-16. As for Mundelein, they moved to 21-7-2 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Lake Forest will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Mustangs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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