Cary-Grove’s Sutherland notches No. 450
John Spoelstra threw a complete-game 3-hitter and Matt Panek went 2-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBI to lift Cary-Grove to a 5-1 victory over District 155 rival Prairie Ridge in Crystal Lake Wednesday.
The victory was the 450th in the 24-year career of Cary-Grove coach Don Sutherland (450-339-11).
“It was easy to win the way Spoelstra pitched,” Sutherland said. “We’ve had a lot of good pitching like that here through the years, which is what allows you to win games.”
Spoelstra (3-1) allowed 1 earned run, struck out 9 and walked 3. Michael Vilardo went 2-for-4 with a double for Cary-Grove (9-4, 6-1).
Huntley 11, McHenry 10: The Red Raiders scored twice in the sixth inning to tie this Fox Valley Conference road battle and they pushed the winning run across in the top of the seventh to win their seventh straight. Craig Klein (3-0) earned the win by pitching 2 innings of scoreless relief against at McHenry offense that had previously collected 10 runs on 11 hits.
Carlos Alvarez (2-for-3, 2B, RBI), Colin Lyman (3-for-4, 3 runs), Bryce Only (HR, 2 RBI), Nick Bralich (3 RBI) and Justin Gundlach (4-for-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI) led the offense for Huntley (11-1, 7-0). McHenry slipped to 6-7, 5-2.
St. Charles East 10, Elgin 1: Lee Jackson, Adrian Martinez and Jordan Smith each had 2 hits, but that was all the offense Elgin (2-7-1, 2-4-1) could muster in a road loss in the Upstate Eight Conference. D.J. Riggio took the loss for the Maroons.
Lisle 2, St. Edward 1: Ryan DiCristofano doubled and drove in a run, but the Lions finally pushed the go-ahead run across the plate in the top of the ninth inning to win a nonconference meeting in Elgin. Austin Davis (1-2) took the loss for the Green Wave (3-13)
College baseball
ECC sweeps Waubonsee: The Elgin Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader in Aurora, 8-6 and 4-2. Trailing 7-0 in Game 1, the Spartans rallied for 4 runs in the sixth and 4 more in the seventh, paced by Steve Cocat’s 3-run home run. Devin Rowland earned the win in 2 innings of scoreless relief and Brett Loeding notched his seventh save of the season.
Loeding (2-1) earned the victory on the mound in Game 2 in 1 innings of relief. The Spartans scored 3 runs in the top of the eighth to snap a 1-1 tie and withstood a Waubonsee rally in the bottom half of the inning.
“It was a really nice come-from-behind win for us,” ECC coach Bill Angelo said. “That was a good baseball team we played.” Elgin improved to 22-8 overall, 6-4 in conference play.
Judson splits: Kick Krisman went the distance in a 5-1 win in Game 1, but Game 2 went to Olivet Nazarene 9-6 in this CCAC doubleheader. Johnny Amann and TJ Swank each had 2 hits for Judson in Game 1 and Nate Rohl had 2 hits and 2 RBI in Game 2. Mitch Smith took the loss in the nightcap for the Eagles.