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Baseball: Palatine comeback sinks Jacobs in 8

In nonconference play Thursday, Palatine's baseball team rallied to tie it with 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning before winning it 8-7 by scoring another run against visiting Jacobs in the eighth.

Danny Amato scored the winning run in the nonconference matchup on a wild pitch.

In the seventh, the Pirates tied it on an RBI single by Zach Oles and a fielder's choice. Oles finished with 3 hits and 2 RBI.

Danny Schneberger hit a homer and drove in 3 runs, and Charlie Van Dyke finished 2-for-4 with a double,

Palatine trailed 5-3 after the fourth inning but scored at least 1 run in each of its final four at-bats.

Sophomore reliever Evan Daly allowed 2 unearned runs over the final 4 innings for Palatine (9-7) to pick up his first varsity victory. He allowed 3 hits, 2 walks and struck out one.

Maine West 10, Maine East 2: Eric Outlaw homered as part of a 2-hit, 3-RBI effort as the host Warriors got back to the .500 mark.

Warriors starter Sam Kindle allowed no hits but 7 walks through the first 4 innings, and Matt Willett provided 3 innings of 1-hit, scoreless relief.

Jake Riportella, Joe Swanson and Troy Johnson each came up with 2 hits for Maine West (7-7).

Notre Dame 12, Prospect 6: Jake Aumuller and Ryan Roggeman both hit 2-run homers in a 6-run fourth inning for Prospect (10-3), but the host Knights never led after Notre Dame produced an 8-run first inning.

Travis Gates and Richie Baszek both doubled for Prospect (10-3).

Alden-Hebron 11, Christian Liberty 3: The host Chargers couldn't keep pace with Alden-Hebron (8 hits) in suffering a Northeastern Athletic Conference setback.

Barrington 2, Huntley 0: Levi Palomo tossed 5⅔ shutout innings, allowing 5 hits and striking out four, to help the host Broncos pick up a nonconference vcitory.

Jacob Chapman gave Barrington (12-5) some breathing room by hitting a solo homer in the sixth inning.

Brett Budzak contributed 1⅓ hitless relief innings to earn a save.

Stevenson 11, Rolling Meadows 1 (5 inn.): Stevenson pitchers Logan Lavelle and Daniel Lubelfield limited the visiting Mustangs (0-12) to 3 hits in nonconference play.

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