Baseball: Elk Grove rallies past Bartlett

Elk Grove's Zach Schwartz plated 2 runs on a single in the seventh inning to help tie it up against Bartlett, and the Grenadiers won their season opener 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth on an error in a nonconference baseball matchup Saturday.

Matt Crimmins had a pair of hits for Elk Grove, and Sebastian Garza walked twice and scored twice.

Nick Hofmann earned the win by allowed 1 earned run over 5 relief innings.

Barrington 10, Maine South 8: It didn't look good for the host Broncos, who trailed 7-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.

After that sixth inning, it was a very different story. Barrington scored 8 runs to come from way behind and pull out a nonconference victory against the visiting Hawks.

Michael Zavoli finished 3-for-3 with a double and Jon Seagrist doubled and drove in 3 runs with a double in his only at-bat for the Broncos (1-0-1).

Jackson Medina earned the win with 3 relief innings, and Nate Holler got the final out.

Vernon Hills 9, Hoffman Estates 3: The host Cougars got a strong pitching performance from Danny Wizceb (4 IP, 1 earned run) and Jake Morris had a pair of hits as Vernon Hills improved to 3-1 with a nonconference win.

Palatine 9, Leyden 5: Jack Hopper and Max Myszka both drove in a pair of runs, Jack Betz had a pair of hits and the visiting Pirates (3-1) made good use of 5 walks and 3 Leyden errors in nonconference play.

Christian Tokarz finished 2-for-3 with a double and Alex Duarte drove in 2 runs for Leyden.

Starter Nicholas Anforth got the win for Palatine, and Jason Rivera tossed 3 innings of effective relief.

Wheeling 6, Elgin 1: The visiting Wildcats out-hit the Maroons 10-1 and pulled away with a 4-run fifth inning.