Baseball/Fox Valley roundup

Dundee-Crown scored 3 runs in the second inning then got a five innings of no-hit baseball from Nick Lodi Thursday in a 3-2 Fox Valley Conference win over Johnsburg.

Chris Gorman and Jake Romano each had run-scoring doubles in the second for Chargers (4-5-1, 1-0).

Lodi came on after Johnsburg had scored in each of the first two innings to take a 2-0 lead. He struck out 3 and walked 3 and the Chargers played an errorless game behind him.

“It was a good win,” said Dundee-Crown coach Timmy Parisi. “We preached defense and we came out strong defensively. We played small ball and got some timely hits and Lodi doesn’t allow a hit. That’s how you want to play baseball.”

Hampshire 6, CL South 2: Shane Hernandez scattered 8 hits with 1 strikeout and 1 walk and Luke Wians (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and Tyler Crater (2-for-4, 2B) supplied the offense as Hampshire knocked off CL South on the road. Nick Severino had a double for the Gators (8-5) and Zack Geib was the losing pitcher.

Neuqua Valley 2, Elgin 0: The Maroons (4-4, 0-2) managed just 3 hits in this Upstate Eight loss, singles by Andrew Higdon, Gage Teschner and losing pitcher Ryan Sitter, who struck out 6 and walked 1 in a complete-game effort that left him 1-1 for the season.

Huntley 14, CL Central 11: Matt Sullivan was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI as Huntley survived a Fox Valley Conference slugfest. Nick Corpolando (3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI), Mark Skonieczny (2-for-3, 2B, RBI) and Jordan Chipek (2-for-4 also contributed for the Red Raiders (6-4, 1-0). Dan Lawry (2-0) picked up the win and Jake Perkins his second save of the season.

Jacobs 5, Prospect 3: Aaron Traub drove home a run with a double and another run came home on an error in the top of the seventh inning as Jacobs (5-5) prevailed in nonconference action. Kenny Finn was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Golden Eagles and Ryan Ulmer drove in a run. Zac Camacho picked up the win in relief of Nick Ledinsky.

Cary-Grove 3, Grayslake Central 0: Matt Dunlap fired a 2-hitter with 8 strikeouts and 4 walks to run his record to 3-1 as the Trojans (6-6) prevailed in a Fox Valley crossover. Andrew Brierton had a double and an RBI for Cary-Grove and Zach Marszal drove in a run.

Westminster Christian 12, Luther North 2: Zack Edwards (2-1) threw a 2-hitter and Tyler Greene hit a 2-run home run to lead the Warriors (6-3, 2-0) to a Northeast Athletic Conference win. Luke Weston (2-for-3, 2 RBI), Ryan Scully (2-for-2, 2 RBI) and Chase Woods (2-for-3) also contributed for Westminster.

John Radtke contributed to this report