South Elgin is 10-0 against Larkin since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The South Elgin Storm will be playing at home against the Larkin Royals at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Elgin's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Aurora East as South Elgin made off with an 11-0 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory South Elgin has managed all season.
Aiden Bernau looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Colin Tuftedal and Aedon Segovia did most of the damage at the plate: Tuftedal went 2-for-2 with a triple, a run, and a double, while Segovia went 1-for-1 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Dominic Conidi, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Larkin came tearing into Monday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Bison with a sharp 14-1 win.
Logan Leaver looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Larkin got a massive performance out of Carter Novelli, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Enzo Novelli, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
South Elgin's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7-1. As for Larkin, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Everything went South Elgin's way against Larkin in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as South Elgin made off with a 12-0 win. Will South Elgin repeat their success, or does Larkin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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