The Lake Zurich Bears will head out to face off against the Jacobs Golden Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Zurich will be strutting in after a victory while Jacobs will be coming in after a loss.
Lake Zurich's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 16-0 margin over Zion-Benton. Considering the Bears have won eight contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Central hit Jacobs with a four-run second inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Rockets by a score of 7-5. The Golden Eagles have struggled against the Rockets recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Lake Zurich pushed their record up to 13-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Jacobs, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
Lake Zurich was able to grind out a solid win over Jacobs when the teams last played back in June of 2021, winning 4-0. Do the Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Golden Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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