ACC comes from behind to beat Glenbard South

Not that anyone wants to make a habit of late-inning rallies, but Aurora Central Catholic's baseball team looked thrilled to see it again on Monday.

The Chargers scored all their runs in the final two innings of an 8-6 come-from-behind victory over Glenbard South in a key Metro Suburban West showdown in Glen Ellyn.

Aurora Central managed only 1 hit until the sixth inning. Trailing 5-0 at that point, the Chargers tied it on Jared Smith's two-out bases-clearing double and pulled ahead with a 3-run top of the seventh sparked by Michael Bieterman's two-out RBI single.

The finish reminded the entire team of its rally from a 4-0 deficit against Wheaton Academy. Down to their last out in the seventh inning of that one, the Chargers (18-3, 9-1) scored 5 runs to pull out the victory.

"What a great win, just guys stepping up and making plays," Smith said. "We do this a lot. It's weird. I think we all just have the confidence that we're a good team and we'll keep fighting."

Chargers reliever Sean Sinisko surrendered a leadoff homer to Kyle Carli in the bottom of the seventh to pull Glenbard South (15-6, 8-4) within 8-6, but the freshman closed out the game to earn the win with 4 strong innings in relief of starter Jake Smith.

After scoring twice in the second inning and adding 3 runs in the third, the Raiders stranded six runners, including five in scoring position.

"We've done that to other teams, too, so I guess turnabout is fair play," said Glenbard South coach Mike Riley, whose team rallied from 5-0 and 7-3 deficits on Saturday. "We had several times where we had the meat of our order coming up and couldn't do anything. That was one we could have gotten, but what are you going to do?"

Dylan Brambora and Joey Atkinson singled home runs in the second inning for Glenbard South, and the lead grew to 5-0 in the third thanks in part to a 2-run single by Tim Marks.

After Bieterman's RBI single in the seventh inning finally put Aurora Central ahead 6-5, Mario Magana's 2-run single gave the Chargers some breathing room. Dominic Fazzari took the loss in relief of Brian Ashe, who made his first start of the season.

"You like to win, but there's still a lesson to learn here that we need to get better," said Chargers coach Sean Bieterman. "I do love the fight in our kids, though. Most teams don't come back like that."

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