Monday was the first official day of games for Illinois high school baseball. Throughout the spring we will post Daily Roundups with scores from across the state of Illinois.

Monday, March 14

Metamora 5, Pontiac 4
Kyle Bartman is not likely to forget his first high school game any time soon. Bartman, a freshman, singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Metamora to a 5-4 victory over Pontiac on opening day Monday in Metamora. Brayden Adams tripled with one out in the eighth to set the stage for Bartman’s game-winner. Alex Lewis struck out five in four innings and Will Boettcher pitched a perfect eighth to pick up the win. Garrett Gould’s RBI double capped a three-run seventh that gave Pontiac a 4-2 lead. Metamora forced extra innings with two unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Benton 2, DuQuoin 1
Logan Threlkeld pitched four no-hit innings of relief to earn the win and Cole Richardson (2-for-3) singled and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the fourth. Threlkeld also doubled in four at-bats. DuQuoin starter Dalton Day allowed one earned run in five innings.

No. 5 Mount Carmel 17, Lake View 3
WP Hupe (1-0) 2IP,2R,1H,1BB,3K's. Lewis 3-for-5, 2B. Seymour 1-for-5, 4 RBI's. Pettigrew 1-for-3, 3 RBI's. Thomas 2-for-4, 2 RBI's.

Palatine 4, Highland Park 3

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