Lake Park is on a three-game streak of home wins, while St. Charles North is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lake Park Lancers will take on the St. Charles North North Stars at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Park: 3.6, St. Charles North: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, Lake Park beat Wheaton-Warrenville South 5-2.
Lake Park got a great performance from Joe Cicero as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Cicero has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lake Park's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Patel, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Derek Ittner, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, St. Charles North put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Glenbard North an 11-0 shutout.
Lake Park is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for St. Charles North, their win bumped their record up to 20-3-1.
Lake Park skirted past St. Charles North 8-7 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Lake Park repeat their success, or does St. Charles North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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