The Lane Tech Champions will face off against the Warren Township Blue Devils at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lane Tech will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Lane Tech's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Chicago Hope Academy.
The result came thanks to Ronan Owens's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Lane Tech saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zolan Wyatt, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Warren Township made sure to put some runs up on the board against Niles Notre Dame on Thursday. The Blue Devils had just enough and edged out the Dons 10-9. Considering the Blue Devils' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Lane Tech pushed their record up to 20-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Warren Township, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-9.
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