St. Charles East Top Geneva for Regional Baseball Title

The St. Charles East Fighting Saints took an early lead and held on to defeat the Geneva Vikings 5-2 Saturday morning for the regional boys baseball title.

The Saints, the designated home team by season’s ranking, met Geneva on the Viking’s home field, taking an early 3-1 lead in the first inning. East advanced to 4-1 in the third, and grabbed another in the fifth, leaving Geneva with four scoreless innings in a row before entering the top of the seventh.

Geneva was able to gain one more run before the third out in the top half of the inning, leaving the Saints with the regional title.

>> Bookmark and visit this page later as more details are added.

Let Patch save you time. Have local stories delivered directly to your inbox with our free newsletter. Sign up for Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles.

Then like us on the Facebook pages for Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles.

Follow us on Twitter at @BataviaPatch, @PatchGeneva and @StCharlsILPatch.