Baseball: Dundee-Crown vs. Jacobs suspended

It's tough to pitch when your plant foot slides instead of plants.

The Jacobs and Dundee-Crown baseball teams played through a steady rain in Carpentersville Friday afternoon until the footing became too slick, particularly on the mound. Game 1 of the District 300 rivalry series was suspended in the top of the third inning, tied 3-3.

Game 1 will be concluded at Jacobs on Saturday at 10 a.m. When play resumes the Golden Eagles will be batting with no outs, runners at first and third and a 1-0 count on No. 3 hitter Cameron Wilson.

The regularly scheduled Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game between the teams will follow.

Jacobs (17-10, 7-6) jumped to a 2-0, first-inning lead against D-C left-handed sophomore pitcher Erik Hedmark. Stevie Krueger singled with one out. Wilson then ran the count full before hitting a 2-run home run over the left-field fence

Dundee-Crown (12-12, 7-6) responded with 3 runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead. The Chargers drew within 2-1 on a bases-loaded groundout by Ben Prigge and tied the game when courtesy runner Scott Wojcik scored on a wild pitch from Jacobs starting pitcher Joe Becker, who was then relieved by Justin Lavrisa.

Dundee-Crown's Matt Wiechmann staked his team to a 3-2 lead by legging out an infield single deep in the hole at shortstop.

"Coach tells us to run everything out as hard as we can so I was just doing what coach said," Wiechmann said. "

The game was halted with the Golden Eagles mid-rally. Loen Nelson opened the third inning with a triple to center field. Mike Addante followed by lacing a fastball to left center knot the score at 3-3. Krueger drew a walk and Addante advanced to third on a passed ball before the stoppage.

"I thought we could have gotten another inning or two in, but I don't know," Addante said. "When we finish we'll have the momentum going our way so I think we'll be fine."