Lake Forest is 2-8 against Mundelein since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Lake Forest Scouts will look to defend their home field against the Mundelein Mustangs at 4:45 p.m. Lake Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
Lake Forest will head into Saturday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They lost 12-2 to Prairie Ridge.
Lake Forest saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Joseph, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Mundelein scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 19-11 margin over Carmel. Mundelein might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Baris Brua looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Johnny Weiss, who scored five runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Earing, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs.
Lake Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Mundelein, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
Lake Forest might still be hurting after the 10-1 loss they got from Mundelein in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Lake Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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