It was a good run, but St. Charles North unfortunately witnessed the end of their 15-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lake Park Lancers. St. Charles North was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Lake Park's pitchers proved too tough.
For Lake Park's part, Lewis Slade tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Lake Park let Ryan Colucci and Derek Ittner loose on the outfield. Colucci scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Ittner scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
St. Charles North's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-4-1. As for Lake Park, they pushed their record up to 21-6 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
St. Charles North will take on Geneva at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Geneva is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season. As for Lake Park, they will head out on the road to square off against Wheaton North at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
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