Geneva upends Streamwood
The Streamwood baseball team could not muster the clutch hit in a 3-1 loss at Geneva Tuesday, and the Sabres lost their grip on sole possession of first place in the River Division of the Upstate Eight Conference as a result.
Streamwood managed only 5 hits and stranded 16 runners.
“We had 5 hits, 4 walks and two guys hit by pitches, but we just didn’t get enough consecutive hits,” Streamwood coach Steve Diversey said. “Is that frustrating? At this point of the season, a little bit. But we still have a very good chance to win this conference.”
By virtue of the loss coupled with St. Charles East’s 7-2 victory over St. Charles North at Elfstrom Stadium Tuesday night, Streamwood (25-5, 18-5) fell into a tie for first place with St. Charles East (22-9, 18-5) with 2 games to play.
Junior left-hander Dalton Lundeen (5-1) was the hard-luck losing pitcher for the Sabres. He allowed just 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and struck out 9 in 6 innings with only 2 walks.
The Sabres host Geneva today.
South Elgin 5, Bartlett 4: South Elgin (20-8, 15-8) tied the school record for victories by pushing the winning run across in the bottom of the 11th inning to win the opener of a 3-game series against the rival Hawks. Andrew Perry picked up his second victory of the season in relief and sophomore David Palmer took a no decision after allowing 3 earned runs on 4 hits with 7 strikeouts in 6 innings. Andrew Weedman went 2-for-5 and drove in a run. Robbie Green, Dan Heine, Dillon Gardner and Nate Garris each drove in runs for South Elgin.
The victory allowed South Elgin to join a 3-way tie in the loss column atop the Valley Division standings with Waubonsie Valley (16-12, 15-8) and Lake Park (20-11, 13-8).
David Mutter and Robert Smith each had 2 hits and Robert Sadowski took the loss in relief for Bartlett (12-15, 8-11)
Dundee-Crown 10, Sycamore 8: Nick Spagnola went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run and 4 RBI and Steve Schwartz had 2 hits, 4 stolen bases and 3 runs for the Chargers, who reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since 2007. Dylan Kissack doubled and drove in 4 runs and junior pitcher John Jost (1-1) earned the win in 2 innings of relief for Dundee-Crown (20-12, 16-7).
Huntley 31, Woodstock 9: The Red Raiders snapped their 6-game losing streak in emphatic style with a five-inning blowout in a Fox Valley Conference meeting in Woodstock. Bryce Only’s 3-for-3 afternoon included a grand slam, a 3-run homer and 8 RBI, and Brody Burkhart went 2-for-3 with a home run to lead the onslaught. Craig Klein (4-1) earned the win by limiting Woodstock to 4 earned runs on 4 hits in 3 innings pitched for Huntley (20-8, 15-6).
Cary-Grove 14, Woodstock North 0: Kevin Weber improved to 4-0 by holding the Thunder scoreless on 3 hits in 5 innings with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks in a Fox Valley Conference game in Woodstock. Tyler Lau went 2-for-3 and drove in 2 runs and Dan Leisten was 2-for-2 with a double and 2 RBI for Carly-Grove (22-8, 18-5).
Crystal Lake South 5, Grayslake Central 3: Pitcher Nick Martin (7-2) held the visiting Rams to 3 runs (2 earned) on 9 hits in a complete-game Fox Valley Conference victory. Chris Morrison went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and 3 RBI and Dom Winiecki and Tyler Salm each finished 2-for-4 and scored a run for CL South (18-9, 14-8).
Jacobs 7, Grayslake North 2: Greg Mixon (2-4) took the loss in a Fox Valley Conference road loss to the Knights. Jacobs (11-18, 9-12) outhit Grayslake North 9-5 but committed 6 errors.
Hampshire 8, St. Edward 4: Hampshire scored 5 runs in the bottom of the second inning to snap a 2-2 tie in a nonconference victory over the visiting Green Wave. Sophomore Justin Thinger earned his first varsity win by holding the Wave to 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits in 5 innings. He walked 3 and struck out 7. Jake Kuhn pitched 2 innings of scoreless relief. Zack Skog went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI, Nick Holze was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, Danny Grzywa and Kuhn had 2 hits apiece and Luke Wians drove in 2 runs for Hampshire (13-12). St. Edward slipped to 5-23 overall.
Burlington Central 5, Sandwich 3: Sam Klein and Ray Hunnicutt each went 2-for-4 and Tanner Scott doubled in a nonconference road win for the Rockets. Riley Jensen (1-) scattered 6 hits and a walk over 6 innings, and Joey Lange pitched 2 scoreless innings to earn his third save for Burlington Central (19-7).
Jerry Fitzpatrick contributed to this report