After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Wheaton North, St. Charles East was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out the Lake Park Lancers 8-7. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Joey Arend
| 04/26/25 vs Lake Park | 10 |
| 03/27/25 @ West Aurora | 9 |
| 04/14/25 vs Glenbard North | 8 |
| 04/08/24 @ Glenbard North | 8 |
| 04/21/25 @ Wheaton North | 7 |
Joey Arend made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single hit and allowing only one earned run while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
In other batting news, James Feigleson was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Andrew Zolna was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
St. Charles East pushed their record up to 10-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Lake Park, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-10.
St. Charles East will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Lancers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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