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ETHS Baseball Takes Early Lead to 7-3 Win Over Waukegan
The Wildkits won their second game against Waukegan on the road Thursday afternoon.

The following game summary was submitted by varsity baseball coach Ross Freeland:
The Evanston Varsity Baseball team finished a two-game sweep of Waukegan by beating the Bulldogs on the road 7-3 on Thursday afternoon. Evanston scored twice in the 1st and three more times in the 3rd to jump out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back. Eli Otting had an RBI single in the 1st and Kevin Kleschen had a 2 RBI single in the 2nd. Joe Franke led the Kits offensively going 2 for 4 with two doubles.
Miles Shatkin overcame shaky Evanston fielding with a solid outing on the mound. He pitched 6 innings giving up only 2 hits, walking 4 and striking out 4. Michael Pope came in and pitched the 7th for the Kits.
Evanston is now 16-7 and 6-3 in the CSL. They look to avenge a loss early in the conference season with a rematch against Niles West tomorrow at 4:45pm at Evanston Stadium.
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