Wrap: Bartlett earns third consecutive win

Bartlett pitcher Mike Derby took the mound lacking something important Tuesday afternoon.

"In the bullpen I could see the fastball was not working," said Derby, a left-handed senior.

A bit arm weary on the heels of 5 tense innings last week in a loss to league-leading St. Charles North, Derby took to the mound Tuesday planning to deceive, not overpower.

Relying more on his craftiness, Derby kept Streamwood hitters guessing for 6 innings of 1-hit baseball, and Hawks hitters connected against Sabres starter Mike Diebold for 5 hits in a 6-run third inning to back Derby to a 7-0 Upstate Eight Conference victory.

"The off-speed and everything was working," Derby said. "I didn't have a fastball, but I made up for it by throwing all off speed and trying to keep them off balance."

The win was Bartlett's third straight, improving its record to 8-5, 7-4 in the UEC.

"We've got the (Class 4A) seeding meeting next week, so we want to carry something good into that," Bartlett coach Rocco Marinucci said. "The kids have been playing up, and that's good. We've had one little flat spot in our season and, other than that, we've been playing good baseball."

Streamwood coach Steve Diversey was frustrated by the inability of the Sabres (4-13, 2-6) to put the ball in play. In four innings between the second and fifth, Derby (4-1) recorded 10 of 12 outs via the strikeout. Bartlett reliever Kevin Carmody struck out 2 more hitters in a scoreless seventh.

"Twelve strikeouts and 2 walks and, what, maybe 1 hit if we're lucky? You can't win a ballgame," Diversey said. We're supposed to be getting better. Right now, I don't know, we're just slumping offensively. If you can't score runs, you can't win. That's the bottom line."

Diebold (1-4) held the Hawks scoreless on 1 hit through 2 innings but gave up 4 singles to the first 5 hitters he faced in the third, including RBI basehits by Geroge Tintera, Ryan Walker and Ryan Schrader that staked Bartlett to a 3-0 lead.

With Schrader on second with two outs and Derby --who homered against Streamwood on Monday -- at the plate, Diversey ordered an intentional walk to set up a force play against a right-handed hitter.

Instead, Diebold fell behind in the count 3-1 to Bartlett No. 5 hitter Mike Selvaggi, and the senior crushed a rising line drive well over the left-field fence for a 3-run home run and a 6-0 Hawks lead.

"It kind of made me upset," Selvaggi said of the intentional walk to get to him. "I need something like that to fire me up. The pitcher fell behind and he threw a fastball down the middle and I just hit it. It made me feel good."

-- Jerry Fitzpatrick

Glenbard South 4, DeKalb 1:ŒAndy Manson (3-2) fired a 3-hitter and Tony Scotellaro's 2-run single sparked a 3-run bottom of the sixth inning as the Raiders (10-7, 7-3) won in the Western Sun Conference. Sterling Smith had a pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth.

Neuqua Valley 11, Elgin 1:ŒTravis Weldon and Geoff Rowan both homered and combined for 7 RBI as the Wildcats (12-3, 8-1) notched their fifth straight Upstate Eight Conference win. Craig Provow (2-0) allowed 2 hits in the 5-inning victory.

Willowbrook 5, Proviso East 1:ŒAndy Bejlovec (3-2) pitched a 1-hitter with 4 strikeouts and a walk as the Warriors (11-6, 6-4) won in the West Suburban Gold Conference. Brian Hennig went 3-for-4.

Hinsdale South 18, Addison Trail 6:ŒGary Mayberry and Connor Schomig both homered twice and drove in 5 runs as the Hornets (10-7, 7-2) won in the West Suburban Gold. Kevin Babica hit a third-inning grand slam for Addison Trail (1-19, 0-12). Nick Bryant (2-2) was the complete-game winning pitcher.

Montini 9, Aurora Central Catholic 5:ŒThe Broncos (9-3, 5-1) scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the Suburban Catholic Conference victory. Chris Briggs' 2-run double sparked the inning. Sean Cahill went 3-for-3. Sean Keeley (1-0) won in relief.

Wheaton Academy 10, Luther North 0:ŒEric Albaugh (1-0) allowed only 3 hits, struck out eight and walked none for the Warriors (6-6, 3-2) in their Private School League win. Albaugh also had 2 hits and 3 RBI.

Benet 15, Jacobs 14:ŒOvercoming an 11-2 first-inning deficit, the Redwings (10-4) scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally for the nonconference victory. Bryan Menich and Mike Cunningham each had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Dan Finan (1-0) was the winning pitcher with 6½ innings of relief.

Downers South 12, Downers North 2:ŒPat Lahey struck out 10 and improved to 4-0 for the Mustangs (15-4) with the six-inning nonconference victory. Jared Culver doubled twice and drove in 2 runs. Dan Sheppard and Eric Jagielo homered for Downers North (12-4).

Softball

Glenbard South 10, Yorkville 0:ŒWith 13 strikeouts on the road in the Western Sun Conference softball game, senior pitcher Jill Trzaska's career 435 whiffs set a new record at Glenbard South (11-3, 4-0), passing Lauren Cuthbertson's 10-year-old record of 429. Trzaska (7-1) threw a 1-hitter and Nikki Simpson hit 2 triples and a double.

Fenton 5, Schaumburg 2: Amber Schwarzinger (9-4) was the winning pitcher and went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI at bat. Sam Rubright was 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored, and Mia Sansone went 2-for-4 with a run for Fenton (10-5).

Neuqua Valley 10, Larkin 6: Lindsay Colvin (3-1) struck out five to earn the win. Colleen Hohman was 3-for-4 with a double and 3 RBI for the Wildcats (6-9, 3-4 Upstate Eight Conference).

Lake Park 11, Waubonsie Valley 2: Missy Mazur pitched the Lancers to the Upstate Eight Conference victory in Aurora and added a triple and 4 RBI. Carly Willert and Samantha Becker each had 3 hits for Lake Park (11-2, 7-1). Ally Seplak had 2 hits with a triple for Waubonsie Valley (2-11, 1-6).

Glenbard East 6, Ridgewood 2: Glenbard East (7-8) earned the nonconference win behind a 2-hitter from Meghan Shannon (2-0) and 2 home runs and 4 RBI from Alyssa Gianatasio.

Sandwich 4, Lisle 0: In the Interstate Eight Conference, Liz Todd got 2 hits and pitcher Jackie Todd (2-4) took the loss for Lisle (3-9, 2-7).

Timothy Christian 6, Aurora Christian 3: Lauren Hansberger hit a home run for Timothy Christian (7-6, 5-0) and Janna Strodtman (6-5) struck out 13 in the Private School League victory in Aurora.

Rosary 5, Driscoll 2: In Suburban Catholic Conference play, Driscoll's (6-11, 2-6) seventh-inning rally fell short. Tarah McShane doubled and scored in that inning. Pitcher BreAunna Medinger (3-5) added 2 hits and an RBI.