Fremd cashes in against New Trier

Matt Isola’s throw was right on the money as Fremd finally found a way to keep a lead from being withdrawn by New Trier in Wednesday’s Palatine regional semifinal of the Phil Lawler Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer tournament.

Isola made a perfect throw to catcher Greg Money to nail a runner trying to score from second on a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning and No. 7 Fremd (12-8) held on for a 4-3 victory over the sixth-seeded Trevians. The runner advanced to second on the throw home but relief winner Randy Wilt left him there with a groundout to shortstop Tim Polak.

Fremd broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh when Grant Dunham reached third on his single and two-base error down the right-field line and scored on a wild pitch.

Isola’s double and Money’s two-out single put Fremd up 1-0 in the first but New Trier answered in the bottom of the inning. Both teams scored twice in the fifth.

Fremd will play for the regional title at 4 p.m. today at Palatine against No. 5 Maine South, an 8-1 winner over No. 8 Glenbrook North.

Maine West 5, Oak Park 4: A one-out RBI single by Geoff Duckmann in the top of the 13th inning sent the fifth-seeded Warriors past the Class 4A spring state champion Huskies in the Fenwick regional semifinals. Crosley Duckmann doubled and scored the winning run.

Scott Costello had a 2-run single and an RBI single, Austin Jablenski got the victory in relief and Justin Mustari and Ryan Lowe also had strong pitching performances for Maine West, which plays No. 2 Lyons Township for the regional title at 2 p.m. today at Fenwick.

Maine West also got solid starts from Cory Winicki and Matt Swanson in regional victories over Nazareth and Fenwick.

Jacobs 11, Rolling Meadows 1: The 13th-seeded Mustangs (11-8) fell in 5 innings to the top-seeded Golden Eagles in the semifinals at Lake Park. Jacobs plays for the title today against No. 7 Lake Park, a 3-1 winner over No. 3 Huntley