Rain suspends Jacobs, D-C game

Jacobs' baseball team has had trouble finishing games lately.

There was nothing the Golden Eagles could do about this one.

Jacobs was cruising along with a 6-0 lead after four innings of Wednesday's Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game against Dundee-Crown when a fierce rainstorm halted play after the Chargers recorded one out in the top of the fifth.

The suspended game will resume when the two teams meet again on Friday at Dundee-Crown.

Jacobs (9-7, 4-3) hopes to keep the bats rolling, while the Chargers (11-7, 4-3) hope to get them started.

Jacobs had 7 hits in just four innings including a first-inning home run from third baseman Matt Igara to give the Golden Eagles an early 1-0 advantage.

"The kids had a good game plan," Jacobs' coach Eric Sanders said. "They had a good approach."

Igara followed his home run with a double and run in the third inning and reached base on a walk in the fourth. Igara extended Jacobs' lead to 4-0 after scoring off of catcher Bobby Molinaro's RBI single.

"I hope we can keep up the tempo," Sanders said. "We've let some games get away from us."

Dundee-Crown's errors also aided in Jacobs' success. Jake Vojtsek's two-out single turned real ugly real quick for the Chargers. Patton Hofer looked to end the inning with a groundout a batter later, but a throwing error allowed Hofer to reach base and Vojtsek to score from first.

The Chargers then had a second error while trying to throw Hofer out at third, which allowed him to score on the play and the Golden Eagles to take a 3-0 lead after two.

Johnny Amann nailed an RBI double and scored in the fourth to put Jacobs up 6-.

Dundee-Crown finished the first four innings with 3 errors.

"You can't make 3 errors and win a game," Chargers' coach Fred Bencriscutto said. "We have to start swinging the bats."

Dundee-Crown got just 2 hits in the game, both of which came in the third inning. Jacobs' starter Mike Castillo struck out 7 batters in the first 4½ innings.

After finishing out the suspended game and conference game with Dundee-Crown on Friday, the Golden Eagles will bounce back and face an identical situation when they travel to Crystal Lake South on Monday. Jacobs and the Gators will resume their suspended game, which was tied at 5 in the top of the sixth inning before completing the scheduled conference game.

Cary-Grove 5, Woodstock 4: Trailing 4-3 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, Matt Nelsen hit a 2-run home run to put Cary-Grove (18-7, 5-3) on top of this Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game. Nelsen also picked up the win in relief allowing no earned runs on 4 hits in 3 innings of work. Key plate appearances from Kyle Williams (2-for-3) and Don Fitzgerald (2b, 2 runs) helped the Trojans to victory.

Streamwood 10, East Aurora 1: A 9-run first inning from Streamwood (9-14, 8-10) which included a grand slam from Rob Barth (2-for-2) led the Sabres to this Upstate Eight Conference win in five innings. Brian Brauer (2-for-3, RBI) and Eddy Garrett (2b) contributed at the dish. Brian Domokos earned the victory allowing 1 run (unearned) on 1 hit while striking out seven.

Hampshire 6, Richmond-Burton 1: Behind a solid outing on the mound from Ryan Burke (4-2), who allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts in five innings of work, Hampshire (12-10, 5-4) walked away with this Big Northern East Conference win.

At the plate, Matt Kuefner (3-for-3, 2 RBI) and Burke (2b, 2 RBI) led the way for the Whips.

Prairie Ridge 14, Johnsburg 3: Pounding out 14 hits, Nick Martini (2-for-3, 2b), Nolan Jacoby (2-for-3, 2 RBI) and Chad Ljunggren (3 RBI) led the Prairie Ridge offense in this 14-3 Fox Valley Conference Fox Division win in five innings. T.J. Swank (6-1) was on the hill for the Wolves (18-7, 9-0) who remain unbeaten in FVC Fox action.

Grayslake Central 2, Huntley 1: Huntley (14-12, 3-6) took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning, but couldn't hold on as they fell in Fox Valley Conference Fox Division play. Nick Prokuski (6-3) suffered the loss allowing 2 earned runs on 4 hits while fanning two.

At the plate, Craig Lipp (2b, run, sb) and Raymond Foote (hit, RBI, sb) led the Red Raider approach.