The Lane Tech Champions will venture away from home to take on the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lane Tech is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
If Lane Tech beats Homewood-Flossmoor with seven runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Champions beat Whitney Young on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-6.
Dodger Friedrich looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Henry Murray, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. Miles Mazanowski also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Meanwhile, Homewood-Flossmoor was not the first on the board on Friday, but they got there more often. Everything went their way against Bradley-Bourbonnais as they made off with a 10-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Lane Tech now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their record is now 7-4.
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