Play Ball: The first games of the high school season
March 13, 2012
PBR DAILY ROUNDUP
March 12, 2012
By Drake Skleba
Play Ball! The 2012 Illinois high school baseball season opened with a couple games on Monday. The heavy rains in the Chicagoland area Sunday night washed away the handful of games in Chicagoland for Monday…
Benton (1-0) over the years has won a number of games in dramatic fashion.
It was no different in the Rangers’ home opener on Monday. Senior RHP/C Trey Garrett stepped to the plate in a 9-9 slugfest to leadoff the bottom of the seventh. Garrett promptly sent a 1-0 fastball over the centerfield fence at Benton City Park to give the Rangers a thrilling 10-9 victory.
Ranger senior RHP Ty Leffler (Bradley signee) (1-0) struck out four in a spotless 1 2/3 innings of relief of Garrett to pick up the win on the mound. Leffler hit a two-run shot to give the Rangers a 9-8 lead in the fifth. Garrett added a double at the plate for the Rangers.
DuQuoin (0-1) was led by Indian Travis Chapman, who had three hits, including a grand slam and a game-tying double in the sixth, and plated six Indian runs.
Chicago Christian (1-0) had to move their game originally scheduled at Bloom (0-1) to home in Palos Heights. 6-foot-3 senior RHP Trent Overzet (1-0) allowed a pair of runs in a solid four-inning stint to pick up the win on the mound. Overzet fanned four to improve to 19-1 in his Knight career.
Auburn (1-0) smashed Springfield Lanphier 10-2 behind the hitting of junior CF Austin Muench. Muench had a pair of hits, including a double and drove home three Trojan runs. Trojan senior C Travis Cumming chipped in with a pair of hits and two RBI. Muench swiped a pair of bases in support of winning pitcher senior LHP Zack Patton (1-0).
Junior 2B Brodie Meyer led the Knight attack with a pair of hits and 2 RBI. Sophomore C Max Kerfin chipped in with a pair of hits and six other Knights hit safely. Chicago Christian will host Rich South in Palos Heights on Tuesday.