Baseball: Northwest roundup

Fremd 3, Glenbrook North 2: Ethan Hajdukovic tripled in the bottom of the seventh and later scored the winning run as the Vikings (9-3) rallied for a nonconference win.

Joe Smaga earned a victory after getting the final three outs in relief of Justin Castillo (6 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts).

Charlie Kaye had 2 hits from the leadoff spot for Fremd, and Castillo, Jake LaGasse and Smaga each drove in 1 run as Fremd extended its win streak to six.

Elk Grove 2, Maine South 1: Christian Camacho's double in the seventh inning scored Austin Brown with the winning run as the Grenadiers won in nonconference play.

Ryan Uehara had driven in AJ Lorenz in the sixth inning to tie it.

Camacho finished 3-for-3, and Uehara and Tyler Selvig had 2 hits apiece.

Elk Grove starter Brett Taucher and reliever Joe Leone limited Maine South to 4 hits over 5⅔ innings before Joe Lopez got the last four outs without allowing a hit to earn the win.

Elk Grove (11-6), the MSL East leader, has won four straight.

Wheeling 12, Riverside-Brookfield 11:

Wheeling trailed by 2 runs entering the bottom of the seventh. But Jack Splett, who reached base four times in the games, drove in the tying run before the Wildcats won the nonconference matchup with another run.

Christian Hubbard doubled, finished with 2 hits and 2 walks for Wheeling (7-11).

Kyle Bullock also doubled and managed to score 4 runs, and Mike Wiase went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Alex Khatcherian earned the in relief as the Wildcats snapped a six-game skid.

Prospect 3, Glenbrook South 0: Ryan Molini delivered a 2-run double in the bottom of first inning, which proved to be more than enough support for Knights starter Pasquale Atteo.

Richie Baszek doubled and drove in an insurance run in the sixth inning, and Travis Gates also had a double.

Atteo lasted 6⅓ innings, allowing 4 hits with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Gates got the final two outs in the seventh inning for Prospect (11-3), which ended a two-game losing streak.

New Trier 7, Barrington 2: The host Broncos managed just 5 hits against a pair of Trevians pitchers in suffering a nonconference setback. Tristan Michaels doubled and finished with 2 hits for Barrington (13-6), which committed 5 errors.

Leyden sweeps Morton: Jeremy Borges doubled three times in a 4-for-4, 5-RBI effort at the plate to help the host Eagles make short work of the Mustangs in the second game of a West Suburban Gold doubleheader as Leyden won 10-0 in 5 innings. Adrian Perez doubled and drove in 3-for-3, 2-RBI performance for Leyden (8-9), and Michael Wilms tossed a 3-hitter while getting error-free defense from his teammates.

Leyden won the first game 10-1 as Kevin Nevarez (5 IP, 4 hits) and Josh Cubon (2 IP, 1 hit) kept Morton from threatening.

Glenbard North 7, Rolling Meadows 6: The visiting jumped ahead 6-0 after the top of the fourth inning, but the Panthers came back to tie it after the fifth and then scored once in the seventh to win the nonconference contest.

Trent McNally and Jack Lincoln both had 2 hits for Rolling Meadows (0-14), while Luka Pavlakis and Lincoln both drove in 2 runs.

Rockford Boylan 8, Palatine 7: The visiting Pirates pushed 7 runs across in the first inning, but Boylan answered with 6 in the bottom half and later tacked on 2 more to claim a nonconference decision.

Matt Lamm had a pair of hits and drove in 2 runs for Palatine (10-8), which saw a four-game win streak end.

Hersey 8, Maine West 4: Luke LaSalvia drove in 2 runs with a double in the first inning on his way to a 3-hit, 4-RBI effort for visiting Hersey in nonconference play.

Tanner Luke earned the win, allowing 5 hits and striking out eight in a complete-game effort.

Paul Tokar had 3 hits, including a double, and Alberto Garcia had 2 hits for the Huskies (5-10).

Dan Johnston had a double for Maine West (7-9).

Conant 9, Jones College Prep 2: The Cougars came up with a 5-run sixth inning and finished with 16 hits to pick up a nonconference triumph.

Jimmy Brady had 4 of those hits (in 5 at-bats) while Jack Lunkes, Jim McGlaughlin, Jack Reiger and Logan Smith had 2 hits apiece.

Joe Sekulich threw 6 innings of 4-hit ball to earn a victory for Conant (8-10).

Lake Zurich 1, Schaumburg 0: Ben Cornelius outdueled the Saxons' Justin Schoefernacker (5 IP, 1 hit, no runs) and reliever Robbie Schweigert (2 IP) in nonconference play.

Cornelius allowed 3 hits and struck out six in a complete-game win.

Kevin Carpenter had a double for Schaumburg (9-7).