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  Boys Baseball Class AA State Final Results 2000-01 

 Oak Park-River Forest 14, LaGrange (Lyons) 4
LaGrange (Lyons Twp) ab r h rbi bb so po a
Brewer, Tim lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Driscoll, Steve 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Richards, Chris rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Johnson, Grant dh 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Keating, Jim 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
Michelini, Tom 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Bunt, Ryan cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grattan, Ryan c 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1
  Smessaert, Dan c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gentile, Dave ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
  Russo, Matt ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Knytych, Jim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
  Niezgoda, Matt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Furey, Mike p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 24 4 5 3 2 4 17 9
LaGrange (Lyons Twp) ip h r er bb so
Knytych, Jim 4.2 7 10 8 4 2
Niezgoda, Matt 0.1 3 0 0 0 0
Furey, Mike 0.2 3 4 1 1 0
E - Keating; Bunt; Gentile. DP - Lyons Twp 1. LOB - Lyons Twp 5. 2B - Keating 2. HR - Johnson. SF - Brewer. SB - Smessaert.
 
O.P. River Forest ab r h rbi bb so po a
Bernthal, David 3b 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 2
Waldron, Pat dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blesoff, Evan ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 2
Lynch, Mike 1b 3 2 2 4 1 0 6 1
Michel, Kyle cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1
  LeValley, Nick pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rine, Matt lf 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
Matthews, Ian p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Shipley, Jim pr 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dengel, Alex rf 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
  Bach, David ph/rf 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Young, Henry 2b 3 0 3 5 0 0 0 2
Marsh, William c 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Totals...... 28 14 13 12 5 2 18 8
O.P. River Forest ip h r er bb so
Matthews, Ian 6.0 5 4 3 2 4
E - Lynch; Young 2. LOB - Oak Park 5. 2B - Matthews. HR - Lynch. SH - Waldron; Matthews. SF - Young. SB - Dengel.
WP - Matthews.

 


 

 Play-By-Play
LaGrange (Lyons Twp) starters: 10/lf Brewer; 14/2b Driscoll; 20/rf Richards; 5/dh Johnson; 13/1b Keating; 22/3b Michelini; 21/cf Bunt; 29/c Grattan; 15/ss Gentile; 12/p Knytych;

O.P. River Forest starters: 6/3b Bernthal; 2/dh Waldron; 16/ss Blesoff; 25/1b Lynch; 14/cf Michel; 21/lf Rine; 1/p Matthews; 5/rf Dengel; 4/2b Young; 22/c Marsh;

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 1
Brewer flied out to rf. Driscoll walked. Richards reached on a fielder's choice; Driscoll out at second 2b to ss. Johnson homered to center field, 2 RBI; Richards scored. Keating reached on an error by 2b. Michelini grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 1
Bernthal walked. Waldron grounded out to 2b; Bernthal advanced to second. Blesoff flied out to rf; Bernthal advanced to third. Lynch singled to right field, RBI; Bernthal scored. Michel grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 2
Bunt reached on an error by 2b. Grattan singled to right field; Bunt advanced to third. Smessaert pinch ran. Smessaert to c for Grattan. Smessaert stole second. Gentile struck out looking. Brewer flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Smessaert advanced to third; Bunt scored, unearned. Smessaert scored on a wild pitch. Driscoll lined out to p. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 2
Grattan to c for Smessaert. Rine struck out. Matthews reached on an error by cf, advanced to second. Shipley pinch ran for Matthews. Dengel singled to right field; Shipley advanced to third. Young flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Shipley scored, unearned. Dengel stole second. Bernthal flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 3
Matthews to p for Shipley. Richards grounded out to 3b. Johnson flied out to cf. Keating doubled to center field. Michelini singled to center field; Keating out at third cf to 1b to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 3
Waldron grounded out to 2b. Blesoff struck out. Lynch grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 4
Bunt reached on an error by 1b, advanced to second. Grattan grounded out to 3b; Bunt advanced to third. Gentile struck out. Brewer popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 4
Michel singled to center field. Rine singled to shortstop; Michel advanced to second. LeValley pinch ran for Michel. Matthews grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Rine advanced to second; LeValley advanced to third. Bach pinch hit for Dengel. Bach out at first 2b to p, RBI; Rine advanced to third; LeValley scored. Young singled to center field, RBI; Rine scored. Young out at first c to 1b, picked off. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 5
Michel to cf for LeValley. Dengel to rf for Bach. Driscoll grounded out to ss. Richards grounded out to ss. Johnson struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 5
Bernthal walked. Waldron grounded out to p, SAC; Bernthal advanced to second. Blesoff walked. Lynch homered to right center, 3 RBI; Blesoff scored; Bernthal scored. Michel singled to second base. Rine reached on an error by 1b; Michel advanced to second. Matthews popped up to 1b. Dengel walked; Rine advanced to second; Michel advanced to third. Niezgoda to p for Knytych. Young singled to shortstop, 2 RBI; Dengel advanced to second; Rine scored, unearned; Michel scored. Bernthal singled to right field, RBI; Young advanced to second; Dengel scored. Waldron out at first ss to 2b. 6 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

LaGrange (Lyons Twp) - inning 6
Keating doubled. Michelini flied out to rf. Bunt grounded out to 2b; Keating advanced to third. Grattan walked. Russo pinch hit for Gentile. Russo struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

O.P. River Forest - inning 6
Gentile to ss for Russo. Blesoff singled to center field. Furey to p for Niezgoda. Lynch walked; Blesoff advanced to second. Michel grounded into double play 3b to 1b; Lynch advanced to second; Blesoff out on the play. Rine singled to right field, RBI; Lynch scored. Matthews doubled to left field; Rine advanced to third. Shipley pinch ran for Matthews. Bach to rf for Dengel. Bach reached on an error by ss, advanced to second; Shipley scored, unearned; Rine scored, unearned. Young singled to left field, RBI; Bach scored, unearned. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

 Notes & Quotes
Winning coach: Chris Ledbetter, Oak Park (Oak Park-River Forest) - ``Naturally we were concerned early in the game. The kids weren't themselves and we were hitting the ball like we have been. Some of the kids complained they didn't sleep well (Friday) last night. Maybe it was the fact we were in the semifinals and we weren't focusing on what we needed to do.''

``We talked after a couple of innings and told the kids it was a matter of getting focused on the game and let things take care of themselves. We started to put the ball in play and forced them to make the plays. Once we started to hit the ball the kids seemed to relax.''

Leftfielder Matt Rine - ``Coach told us to put the ball in play and make them play it. We started to do that and the game started to come to us. Everyone got up once we started to hit the ball and it seemed to catch on with everyone.''

Pitcher Ian Matthews - ``I was just trying to get ahead of guys. I was using the offspeed on the lower end of their order and fast balls on the first four guys. This is the third time I played Oak Park and I think they were figuring me out. I just played my game and let our defense take care of things behind me.''


Losing coach: George Ushela, LaGrange (Lyons) - ``I'm very proud of my kids, and my hat's off to Oak Park. I hope they win it all. We have a fine conference, and it would be great to have two teams in our conference finish their seasons on a winning note. We're disappointed, of course, but it's been said before that if this is the worst thing that ever happens to these kids, they're gonna have great lives.''

(Jim) Knytych threw a fantastic game, pitched his heart out. He was around the plate the whole game. When he got it over, they hit it. Both teams made errors today, but they're on a roll. They came back yesterday, and they did it again today."


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