Baseball: Jacobs wins in 8; Cary-Grove falls

Posted May 27, 2016 1:00 am

Daily Herald report

Nate Meland doubled with one out and came home on Kraeton Mull's single to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday to lift Jacobs to a 5-4 win over Belvidere North in the semifinals of the Class 4A Belvidere North baseball regional.

Evan Liebau pitched the final 4 innings for the Golden Eagles in relief of Brad Demkovich and allowed no runs on just 2 hits with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk to earn the win.

Steve Krueger and Daniel Salomon (2 RBI) each added 2 hits for Jacobs, while Mike Addante had a double and an RBI.

The Golden Eagles (21-13) will play Harlem at 11 a.m. Saturday for the regional championship.

McHenry 4, Cary-Grove 0: Bobby Miller threw a 2-hitter with 9 strikeouts and 4 walks as McHenry downed Cary-Grove in the Class 4A regional semifinals at Cary-Grove. Matt McCumber took the loss for the Trojans (23-12), allowing 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks in 6 innings. Mark Smith and Dallas McDonough had Cary-Grove's only hits.

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