The Lake Zurich Bears will take on the Buffalo Grove Bison at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Zurich will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Lake Zurich barely beat Grayslake North the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Bears put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 10-2 victory on Thursday. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Buffalo Grove ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Hoffman Estates, sneaking past 5-4. The win continues a trend for the Bison in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now won nine in a row.
The team relied heavily on Cole Diaz, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and three runs. He is becoming a predictor of Buffalo Grove's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-1 (and 3-18-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Lee, who went 2-for-4 with two triples.
Lake Zurich is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Buffalo Grove, their win bumped their record up to 7-19-2.
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