The Lake Park Lancers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the St. Charles East Fighting Saints at 10:00 a.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lake Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Geneva, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Lake Park was ranked 19th). Lake Park walked away with a 6-1 win over Geneva on Wednesday.
Lake Park got a great performance from Lewis Slade as he struck out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chris Ray, who went 2-for-2 with two RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Derek Ittner, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Charles East entered their tilt with Wheaton North with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Falcons onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory on Wednesday.
The team relied heavily on Jake Greenspan, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Lake Park pushed their record up to 13-2 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for St. Charles East, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lake Park has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like St. Charles East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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