Baseball: Fox Valley roundup Monday, May 18
Stevie Kruger delivered a walk-off single with the bases loaded to lift Jacobs past Fox Valley Conference Valley Division champion Cary-Grove 4-3 in Algonquin Monday. The loss snapped Cary-Grove's 13-game winning streak.
Mike Addante doubled to open the bottom of the seventh inning for Jacobs (23-8, 12-4), and he advanced to third on Casey Dennison's sacrifice bunt. Cary-Grove (21-7-2, 14-2) countered by issuing consecutive intentional walks to Nate Meland and Ryan Sargent to set up the force at any base, but Kruger made it a mute point when he singled in the winning run after fouling off four straight 2-2 pitches.
Jacobs reliever Johnny Rohde was credited with the win. He blew his first save opportunity in 11 chances when Tyler Pennington led off the seventh with a double and scored on Jimmy Perkins' one-out double. Reliever Nick Kirk took the loss for the Trojans.
West Chicago 13, Elgin 1 (5 inn.): Clay White (RBI), Rigoberto Sanchez and Andrew Hardt had the only hits for Elgin in this Upstate Eight River loss to the Wildcats (12-14, 9-12), who were propelled by Peyton Seidler's 6-RBI performance. White took the loss for Elgin (8-23, 4-18).
Burlington Central 5, Harvard 1: Andrew Wiss doubled and drove in 2 runs and Tanner Smith and Ryan Anderson each doubled to help the Big Northern East champions close out their league schedule. Brenden Bushy pitched a 6-hitter with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts to lift Burlington Central (23-7, 13-1).
Metea Valley 18, Streamwood 1 (5 inn.): The Sabres were outhit 16-4 by Metea Valley (18-10, 12-9) in this Upstate Eight River loss. Adam Sojda took the loss for Streamwood (4-24, 3-18). He allowed 10 runs but only 1 was earned.
South Elgin 17, East Aurora 1: Leading 2-1 in the fifth inning, the Storm dumped 15 runs on the Tomcats (3-29, 0-22) to shorten this Upstate Eight Valley victory. Joe Roberson hit a grand slam and Mitch Butvilas doubled and scored twice for South Elgin (17-7, 14-7).
Dundee-Crown 5, Huntley 4: With runners at second and third with one out in the sixth inning, D-C senior Brett Johnson doubled to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs in this Fox Valley Valley Division win for Dundee-Crown (17-11, 9-7). The comeback made a winner or reliever Nathan Nash, who pitched 2⅓ scoreless innings. Relief pitcher Jake Lonergan took the loss for Huntley (7-24, 3-13).
McHenry 12, Crystal Lake South 2 (5 inn.): The Gators suffered their worst loss of the season in FVC Valley action in McHenry. John Constantino absorbed the loss for Crystal Lake South (21-8, 11-5), which allowed 4 home runs by McHenry (19-12, 9-7).
Genoa-Kingston 14, Hampshire 7: Austin Luchtman went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and Michael Kruse had 2 doubles in 3 at-bats and drove in 3 runs, but it wasn't enough for the Whip-Purs, who allowed 7 runs in the fifth inning of this nonconference affair. Adam Bell took the loss for Hampshire (16-14, 7-12).