The Lake Zurich Bears will head out on the road to take on the Mundelein Mustangs at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Lake Zurich will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Last Wednesday, Lake Zurich made easy work of Lake Forest and carried off an 11-5 victory.
Meanwhile, Mundelein wound up with the same score they had in their last game (6-3), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Sean Sanderson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mundelein saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Przespolewski, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Mundelein didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Libertyville only tossed four.
Lake Zurich has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Mundelein, their loss dropped their record down to 15-6.
Lake Zurich came up short against Mundelein when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 8-3. Can Lake Zurich avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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