The Lake Park Lancers will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Wheaton North Falcons at 4:30 p.m. Lake Park will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
If Lake Park beats Wheaton North with five runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Lake Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Wheaton North on Saturday and snuck past 5-3.
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 nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Lake Park's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jack Saylor, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Ittner, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Lake Park is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Wheaton North, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-18-2.
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