Baseball/Fox Valley roundup
Mike Smith’s two-out single drove in the tying run in the top of the seventh inning and then Streamwood’s baseball team scored 3 runs in the eighth to come away with a 6-4 win at Oswego East in its season opener Saturday.
Dalton Lundeen not only got the win on the mound but also went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Sabres. Lundeen struck out 8, walked 2 and allowed 6 hits in his 7 innings. Richie Gorski picked up the save.
Robert Solda (RBI, 2 runs), Gorski (2-for-5, 3B) and Alex Morrow (2B, 2 RBI) also contributed to the Streamwood offense.
“Dalton pitched a great game and with solid defense we were able to hang on,” said Streamwood coach Steve Diversey.
Burlington Central 6, CL Central 3: Tanner Scott hit a 2-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game and Cody Walker’s sacrifice fly gave Burlington Central the lead in this season-opening win on the road. Scott was 2-for-3, as was Ray Hunnicutt. Zach Ranney needed only 80 pitches for the complete-game win. He struck out 6, walked 1 and allowed just 5 hits.
Ottawa 10, Cary-Grove 8: Daniel Villardo and Nick Beyer each homered and doubled for Cary-Grove (1-1) in this nonconference loss on the road. They also each had 2 RBI, while Matt Byrne drove in one run. Andrew Brierton suffered the loss for the Trojans.
St. Edward loses 2: The Green Wave opened the season with losses of 11-5 and 10-0 at Nazareth. Jacob Koehring and Joe Disparte each had doubles in Game 2. Luke Duffy took the loss. Ty Koehring had a double and was the losing pitcher in Game 2.
Richmond 7, CL South 5: Will Ahsmann was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and Dom Winiecki was 2-for-3 for the Gators (2-1) in this nonconference loss. Tyler Parquette suffered the loss for CL South.
Elk Grove 4, Bartlett 2: Colin Nowak homered and Ryan Roczkowiak had a double for Bartlett in the Hawks’ season-opening loss. Dan Gallanis only allowed 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and no walks in suffering the loss.
College baseball
Judson sweeps: Judson defeated Illinois Tech 6-2 and 8-1 to improve to 3-0 in the CCAC. George Heller and T.J. Swank picked up the pitching wins for the Eagles (17-5). Nick Norris had 3 hits and Billy Wright 4 RBI on the day, but Wright’s hitting streak ended at 14 in Game 2. Johnny Amann and Josh Raymond each had home runs in the wins for Judson.
John Radtke contributed to this report