The Lakes Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Deerfield Warriors at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lakes' pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Deerfield's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Lakes is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Round Lake 16-2 on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Eagles needed considering they were shut out in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Deerfield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Evanston on Thursday.
Lakes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Deerfield, their record is now 6-10.
Lakes couldn't quite get it done against Deerfield when the teams last played back in June of 2021 as they fell 12-7. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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