Lake Park won against St. Charles North on Friday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Lake Park Lancers narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Wheaton North Falcons 5-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lake Park.
Lake Park got a great performance from Joe Cicero as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Cicero has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lake Park saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Saylor, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Derek Ittner was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Lake Park has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Wheaton North, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-18-2.
Lake Park will have a chance to go back-to-back against Wheaton North: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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