Fremd wins roller-coaster ride
Fremd and Barrington had an up-and-down Mid-Suburban West baseball battle Wednesday in Palatine.
But Fremd (10-7, 3-2) had the last chance and ended up with a 4-3 victory as Keith Giagnorio capped a 2-run seventh with a two-out RBI single.
Matt Wisniewski started the seventh with a single and took second on Jon Escobar’s single. Matt Isola delivered a tying single up the middle and Giagnorio’s liner up the middle brought home pinch runner Grant Dunham.
Barrington (12-5, 3-2) took a 3-2 lead in the sixth on a 2-run single by Macray Poidomani. Fremd scored first on a first-inning wild pitch and broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth on Escobar’s RBI single.
Eric Gile got the victory in relief and left runners at second and third to end the seventh. Escobar, Wisniewski and Connor Bieda had 2 hits apiece for Fremd and Justin Dragosz, Scott Nelson and Max Redpath had 2 hits for Barrington.
Buffalo Grove 3, Hersey 0: Buffalo Grove made the most of its only hit and Jeremy Berger didn’t let visiting Hersey do anything with 4 hits in the MSL East.
Berger (4-0) threw 3 scoreless innings to win the suspended game with Hersey that ended Tuesday and threw a 6-inning shutout against Elk Grove last week. He had 2 strikeouts and no walks and needed only 75 pitches (53 strikes) to send Hersey (12-3, 3-2) to its second straight loss.
Hersey senior Mike Danielak threw his third 1-hitter of the season and had 12 strikeouts with 2 walks and 1 hit batter. A one-out error opened the door for BG (8-11, 3-2) in the fifth.
Pinch runner Brian Kleczynski stole second and was balked to third. After a strikeout, Ryan Schumi walked and stole second and Erich Froemming hit a 1-2 pitch to center for a 2-run triple that broke up the no-hitter and shutout.
An error gave BG an insurance run and Jimmy Pinakidis made a spectacular catch with a runner at second to preserve the win for Berger.
Elk Grove 10, Wheeling 0 (5 inn.): Three pitchers combined on a perfect game and Michael Anciulis had 2 doubles and 6 RBI as Elk Grove (12-5, 4-1) moved into sole possession of first in the MSL East at Wheeling (1-17, 0-5). Winner Jack Czeszewski (3 strikeouts) and Jake Andrews (2 strikeouts) threw 2 innings apiece and Mike Woods struck out the side to finish the game.
Anciulis had a 3-run double and a 2-run double. Mike Fox doubled and tripled and Robby Uehara went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Prospect 10, Rolling Meadows 5: A 6-run first was all Prospect (6-11, 3-2) needed for the MSL East victory. Zach Tuczak had a 2-run double, Jack Landwehr had an RBI double, Tommy Flahaven had a 2-run single and A.J. Compton had an RBI single in the initial outburst.
Meadows (11-7, 3-2), which has lost four straight, got within 6-4 on a 2-run homer by Matt Dennis in the third. Flahaven also had an RBI double in the second and Tuczak had a 2-run single in the fourth.
Mike Olson went 3-for-4 and Matt Hendricks went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for Meadows.
Conant 8, Schaumburg 4 (5 inn.): Zach Losch doubled and Dan Behof got the MSL West victory for Conant (6-8, 2-3) that had a 45-minute lightning delay and was called because of darkness. Jack Holden hit a solo homer and Colin Bethran went 3-for-3 as Schaumburg (10-9, 2-3) couldn’t overcome 5 errors.