Wheaton North had lost four straight at home, but on Wednesday they dropped down to 9-13 to make it five. They fell 4-1 to the St. Charles East Fighting Saints. The Falcons were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Fighting Saints earlier this season, when they won 5-2.
As for St. Charles East, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.9 runs over those games.
For St. Charles East's part, their win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sean Groselak, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Those two RBI gave Groselak a new career-high. Mason Daros also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Wheaton North is set to square off against their familiar foe Wheaton-Warrenville South at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, St. Charles East will face off against rival St. Charles North at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Fighting Saints 3.7, the North Stars 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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