The St. Charles Saints will challenge the Lake City Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Charles 2.8, Lake City 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Charles' hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Montevideo's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Saints put the hurt on the Thunderhawks with a sharp 10-4 victory. Considering the Saints have won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
B Williamson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Brock Bush was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
St. Charles was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Montevideo only posted a batting average of .250.
Meanwhile, Lake City hadn't done well against Stewartville recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Lake City won by a run and slipped past Stewartville 4-3.
St. Charles is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Lake City, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.
Everything went St. Charles' way against Lake City in their previous matchup back in May of 2025, as St. Charles made off with a 6-0 win. Do the Saints have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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