Elk Grove stuns Prospect, Landwehr
A rough two weeks knocked Elk Grove out of the Mid-Suburban East baseball race.
But the Grenadiers produced a stunning knockout Tuesday afternoon at home that had a major impact on the teams vying for a division title.
Peter Kinsella and Luc Dimaso homered as the Grenadiers scored all of their runs in the first 3 innings in a 7-3 victory over Prospect and Illinois State-bound ace Jack Landwehr. Dan Guido provided the dominant pitching in the victory with 12 strikeouts and 1 walk in 6 innings.
Kinsella went 3-for-4 and Patrick O’Malley went 3-for-3 as Elk Grove (15-13, 6-7) dropped Prospect (12-15, 9-4) into a tie for first in the East with Hersey (20-6, 9-4), which beat Rolling Meadows 5-2. Landwehr (5-3) came into the game with a 0.26 ERA and had allowed only 5 total runs in 54 innings.
But Kinsella’s RBI single in the first gave the Grens a 2-1 lead they never lost. Dimaso hit a 2-run inside-the-park homer in the second and Kinsella homered in the third.
Landwehr went 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI and Welby Malczewski didn’t allow a run for the Knights, who host the Grenadiers again at 4:30 p.m today.
Hersey 5, Rolling Meadows 2: Mike Danielak (7-1) scattered 8 hits with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk and doubled twice as Hersey (20-6, 9-4) moved back into a tie for first in the MSL East and won 20 games for the ninth time under Bob Huber and 13th time since 1988.
Danielak’s one-out double started a 3-run third where Trevor Haas had an RBI double and Tyler Perkowitz and Sean Reszotko had RBI singles. Erik Stoltzner had an RBI single in the sixth, Perkowitz had a sacrifice fly in the seventh and James Ioratti and David Milligan had 2 hits for the Huskies.
Mike Olson went 3-for-4 with an RBI single in the fifth and Zack Schultz had 2 hits for Meadows (16-12, 7-6).
Hoffman Estates 7, Conant 1: Mark Roberts threw a 3-hitter with 13 strikeouts and 1 walk and Ethan Bloom homered for Hoffman (12-14, 6-7) in the MSL West victory. The only run Roberts allowed was unearned.
Bloom also had an RBI double and Jimmy Ward, Brian Cvitkovich and Riley Mugerditchian had two-out RBI hits in a 3-run fourth. Nick Blaha drove in the only run for Conant (10-12, 6-7).
Buffalo Grove 15, Wheeling 0 (5 inn.): Robert Hawkins threw a no-hitter and Ryan Schumi and Billy Chandler homered for Buffalo Grove (11-17, 6-7) in the 5-inning MSL East win at Wheeling (1-25, 0-13). Hawkins had 4 strikeouts and overcame 7 walks and a hit batter to finish the shutout.
Schumi also doubled and drove in 4 runs. Jake Monson and Alex Fritz had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Jake Fanella, Jimmy Barton and Erich Froemming had 2 hits apiece.
Schaumburg 9, Barrington 3: Patrick Bellinger (5-4) threw 6 solid innings and keyed a 6-run fourth as Schaumburg (16-12, 7-6) stayed alive in the MSL West race. Bellinger had 3 strikeouts and 2 walks and had a big hit along with Joe Petritis, Thomas Byrne, Jordan Grubb and Matt Brancato (3-for-4, 2 RBI) in the fourth.
Brayden Teele went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Saxons. Max Redpath homered and doubled and Aaron Foley homered for Barrington (16-11, 6-7).
St. Viator 8, St. Patrick 2: Jake Soprych had 2 hits and 3 RBI as St. Viator (16-12, 4-6) took control with a 5-run second in the East Suburban Catholic Conference home victory. Joe Rossi and Chris Myjak had 2 hits each, Anthony Ferrante had 2 RBI and Bobby Napoleon went 4 innings for the win.
Viator was coming off a doubleheader split at Joliet Catholic where it won the second game 2-1 as Gunnar Kay threw a complete game with 4 strikeouts and Myjak and Mike McGrath had RBI.