The Lake Zurich Bears have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Vernon Hills Cougars at 4:45 p.m. on Friday. Lake Zurich is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Lake Zurich's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Waukegan 14-0. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Lake Zurich considering their one-run performance the game before.
The team relied heavily on Claire Kohlman, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jenna Lewis, who scored three runs while going 1-for-2.
Vernon Hills lost 13-1 to Carmel on Wednesday.
Lake Zurich's win bumped their record up to 14-11. As for Vernon Hills, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-17-1 record this season.
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