Illinois Daily Roundup: May 20 Games

May 21, 2014

By Drake Skleba
Senior Writer

Tuesday, May 20

BIG 12
Urbana 2, No. 7 Champaign Central 1
Urbana (9-10; 5-6) pulled off a shocker in Champaign on Tuesday. Jonathan Tauber allowed one run and four hits in six magnificent innings on the mound to lead the Tigers past No.7 Champaign Central (32-2; 9-2). Tiger closer Connor Gremer slammed the door on the Maroons in order in the bottom of the seventh

Normal Community 5, Bloomington 0
Normal Community’s (18-12; 8-3) blanked the Purple Raiders behind junior LHP Aaron Armstrong. Armstrong was one strike away from a no-hitter when Bloomington’s Levi Justice ripped a single past Armstrong for the only hit he would give up. Armstrong struck out 11 and walked four. Matt Nicklas singled, doubled and drove home two Ironmen runs while Luke McCaw chipped in with a single and an RBI.

CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH
Maine South 4, New Trier 3
Maine South (21-5;12-3) slipped past the Trevians at Duke Childs Field in Winnetka. The Hawks trailed 3-2 in the top of the seventh when the Hawks tied the game on a Trevian miscue and then Marty Balow ripped a clutch two-two RBI single to drive home the eventual game-winner. Caleb DeMarigny slammed the door on New Trier in the seventh to pick up the save for Hawk winning pitcher Andrew Depkon.

CENTRAL STATE 8
Springfield Sacred-Heart Griffin 11, Taylorville 1
SHG (30-2; 14-0) crushed the Tornadoes in a five inning win at Comstock Field in Springfield. Connor Etheridge doubled with the bases loaded and had four RBI to lead the Cyclone attack.

DUPAGE VALLEY

Naperville Central 5, Naperville North 4
DuPage Valley Conference champion Naperville Central (20-11;15-5) slipped past rival North at Central. Redhawk ace Pat Maloney (6-1) went the distance for the ‘Hawks, firing a seven-hitter at the Huskies. Maloney’s battery-mate C Bob McMillin went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and had three RBI, including his sixth bomb of 2014. Luke Daley chipped in with two singles and two RBI. STAT NOTE: Naperville Central’s McMillin is hitting a robust .477 with 14 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 26 RBI.

Glenbard East 7, Wheaton Warrenville South 5
Glenbard East (15-16-1, 8-11) scored three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to rally past the Tigers and hand them the loss in Wheaton. Red-hot Tyler Behrendt tied the game at 3-3 with a mammoth three-run blast to left in the Ram three-run fifth. Two costly Tiger miscues led to three unearned runs in the sixth and the victory for the Rams

METRO SUBURBAN
Ridgewood 8, Glenbard South 1
Ridgewood (18-8; 12-3) routed the Raiders in Glen Ellyn, eliminating the defending MCS champs from title contention. Rebel ace Chris Rzewnicki (8-1) scattered eight hits and went the distance to pick up the win. Keith Kerrigan fell a homer shy of hitting for the cycle going 4-for-4 with three RBI.

Illiana Christian 5 , Fenton 1
Illiana Christian (13-13; 11-3) kept ½ game behind MSC leader Ridgewood with the win at Robert Morris University. Lucas Miedema went the distance for the Vikings, scattering eight and allowing one run to pick up the win. Miedema helped himself at the plate with three singles and an RBI. Viking ace Caleb Jonkman used his bat today with two singles and two RBI.

MID-ILLINI
Metamora 4, Bartonville Limestone 3
Metamora (19-9; 6-6) scored three times in the first inning and held on to defeat the Rockets in Bartonville. Junior 2B Brady Fairchild singled, homered and had two RBI to lead the Redbird attack.

NORTH SUBURBAN LAKE
No. 16 Libertyville 5, Zion-Benton 0
Libertyville (26-5; 11-1) wrapped up a NSC-Lake title with the win in Zion behind Andy Mack. Mack (6-1) fired a no-hitter at the Zee-Bees. Jake Vogt doubled and plated a pair for the Wildcats while Jimmy Govern had three hits, including a double and plated a run. Hunter VanWagner chipped in with a pair of singles and an RBI.

No. 13 Mundelein 7, Lake Zurich 2
Mundelein (29-2; 10-2) crushed the Bears behind Logan Reckert. Reckert doubled, homered and plated two Mustang runs while Ryan Hollander chipped in with a single, double and an RBI. Mike Metz allowed two runs and six hits in his quality six innings of work to pick up the win for the Mustangs.

NORTH SUBURBAN PRAIRIE
Grant 9, Vernon Hills 1
Grant (24-6; 10-2) wrapped up the NSC-Prairie title, crushing the Cougars in Fox Lake. The NSC-Prairie Champion Bulldogs will host the NSC-Lake Champion Wildcats of Libertyville at 4:30 on Thursday. In the five-inning victory, Doug Murphy fired a two-hitter at the Cougars. The VH run was unearned. Peter Perales and Will Zitkus both doubled and plated a Grant run.

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE

No. 12 Minooka 6, No.19 Plainfield North 5
In the first of a critical three-game series to decide the Southwest Prairie championship, Minooka rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to steal a victory on the road. Believe it or not, the teams were actually deadlocked in a scoreless tie after five innings before Minooka scored two runs in the sixth. Plainfield North answered with a four-spot in the bottom half of the inning to take a 4-2 lead.

The Indians took the lead for good on a run-scoring single by Brennan Polcyn. Junior Cristian Sanchez finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and scored a pair of runs, including a run-scoring single in the seventh. Neal Tyrell added two hits, two runs and a walk. Sophomore Joe Butler also had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs. Trevor Maly earned the win in relief.

Kyle Strepak paced Plainfield North with a double, triple and two RBI, and Bryza hit a three-run homer. Bryan VanDuser added two hits for Plainfield North. Drake Skleba will be in Minooka for all the action today.

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE
Lockport 3, Lincoln-Way East 2
Lockport (16-15; 11-2) slipped past the Griffins and slipped past Sandburg (20-7;10-2) into first place in the SSC-Blue. Ryan Dalton led the Porter attack with a double and two RBI while UIC-bound Noah Massa fired a two-hitter at the Griffins.

Joliet West 8, Joliet Central 0

By Ryan Quigley
Area Scout

Robert Talerico, currently ranked No. 163 in Illinois’ 2015 class, was dominant from the get go firing six innings of four hit baseball with 12 strikeouts and one walk. At one point through the first and third innings the 6-foot, 165-pound junior lefty struck out six consecutive Steelmen hitters, mostly on a tailing fastball that proved difficult to catch up with all day. Talarico improves to 3-2 on the year with a miniscule 1.46 ERA, and 52 strikeouts in 38.1 innings pitched.

West was led offensively by junior shortstop Cody Grosse, who was 1-for-2 on the day with a double, two walks, three runs scored, and two-RBI. Grosse’s 2-strike RBI double in the fourth gave the Tigers a 5-0 cushion and all they would need.

SOUTHWESTERN
No. 5 O’Fallon 9, Alton 6
Southwestern Conference champion O’Fallon (29-2; 13-1) scored three times in the seventh to defeat the Redbirds in Alton. Jeff Hahs reached on an error to lead off the seventh. Blake Deatherage crushed a triple over the Alton CF’s head, scoring Hahs with the lead run and Deatherage would score on an RBI single from Brad Snyder, his fourth hit and fourth RBI of the game. Monday’s Panther hero Dean Gerros, singled to center and Snyder would score the third Panther run of the inning on two Redbird miscues. Alton put the first two men on in the bottom of the seventh before Christopher Dye bore down to retire the final three Alton batters to pick up the win in relief.

NONCONFERENCE
No. 2 St. Laurence 7, Manteno 0
St. Laurence (27-4) hammered the Panthers at Viking Field in Burbank. The Chicago Catholic League Blue Division Co-Champions scored four times in the first and cruised to the nonconference victory. NIU-Bound RHP Brad Wood (7-1) fired five scoreless innings, allowing three hits with six strikeouts to pick up the win. Wood helped himself at the plate with a double and an RBI. Purdue-bound Mike Kornacker had two singles and two RBI for the Vikings while junior Frank Greco chipped in with a double and an RBI.

On Thursday night at 5:15 in a Steven M.Bajenski Tournament Quarterfinal game, the 2nd-ranked Vikings will battle No.1 St.Rita at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood. If you can’t get out to Standard Bank you can see all of the action LIVE at www.highschoolcube.com Yours Truly will have the exciting play-by-play from this classic matchup.

No. 6 Mount Carmel 5, Marist 4
Mount Carmel (24-6) slipped past the Redhawks behind Michigan recruit junior 2B Ako Thomas. Thomas’ two-run bomb to left erased a 4-3 Marist lead in the bottom of the sixth, and led the Caravan to victory at Haggerty Field in Chicago. Marist made things very uncomfortable for the Caravan fandom when after two outs Chris Meehan singled to center and Ryan Kairos walked. Barrett Callaghan walked to load the bases full of Redhawks. Caravan closer Scott Kapers was brought in to put out the fire. On the first pitch, Redhawk John Carmody hit a topper back to Kapers, who fired a strike to the plate to get the force and end this thriller.

On Wednesday, the Caravan will travel Benedictine University in Lisle at 5, where Mount Carmel will meet the 14th ranked Crusaders of Brother Rice (23-9) in a Steven M. Bajenski second round matchup. You can watch the game LIVE @ www.highschoolcube.com

No. 21 Mahomet-Seymour 16, Charleston 4
Mahomet-Seymour (24-4) romped past Charleston for the Bulldog’s 24th victory of the season. Junior Joe Kenney hammered a pair of bombs and drove home five Bulldog runs. Junior Joe Boehlen had two singles and two RBI, while sophomore Tom Kenney had three hits, including a double and drove home a run. Senior Grant Gula went 3-for-3 with two doubles and Cully Day went deep for MS. Kevin Mumm went the distance firing a seven-hitter to pick up the win.
No. 24 Richards 13, St. Ignatius 11
(See Sean Duncan’s Game Story)

Benton 12, Weber Township 2
Benton (21-13) crushed WC behind the booming bat of Ranger sophomore Dillan Chamness. Chamness had three hits, including his first round-tripper of 2014 and plated three Ranger runs. Ranger Martin Ward evened up his record on the mound with four solid innings allowing no earned runs and four hits to pick up the win. STAT NOTE: Benton’s sophomore Dillan Chamness is hitting a team high .392 with eight doubles one homer 26 runs scored and 23 RBI.

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