Week 5 CCJBL, 2019

This week in CCJBL baseball!!!

June 24, 2019

Savanna Indians @ Chadwick Silver Streaks, Handel Park

Both teams were held scoreless by the opposing hurler until the bottom of the third when red hot Johnny Berardino drove in a run with a double in the gap. However, the visiting Indians answered with authority in the fourth with a pair of two-run singles courtesy of Cliff Floyd and pitcher Claude Jonnard. 

Chadwick battled back against Jonnard in the bottom of the frame when King Kelly drove in a pair of runs with two outs. But Kelly committed a very costly error in right that allowed a Savanna insurance run to score in the fifth and seal the deal for the visiting Indians. 

Final score: Savanna 5, Chadwick 3

Savanna performance highlights

Zisk 2-2, R, 2 2B

Floyd 1-2, R, 2 RBI 

Buechele 1-2, RBI 

Jonnard W, 3 2/3, 3 R, 1 ER, 6 H, BB, 2 K. 2-2, 2 R RBI 

Roberts S, 2 1/3, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K

Chadwick performance highlights

Kelly 1-4, 2 RBI, E

Berardino 2-3, RBI 

Gonzales 1-3, R

Haines L, 3 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 3 BB. 1-1, R

Tepera 1 IP, H, K

Ogea 2 IP, R, H, 2 BB, K

Milledgeville Missiles @ Lanark Beavers, Eastland H S.

Davey Boswell and Bobby Johnson combined for a two-hit shutout of the home team Beavers. Milledgeville scored an unearned tally in the first inning and Boswell drove in another in the fifth. That was all runs Milledgeville would need to take the victory. 

Final score: Milledgeville 2, Lanark 0

Milledgeville performance highlights

Bellinger 1-3, RBI 

Craft 2-2, R, 3B

Boswell W, 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, BB, 4 K. 1-2, RBI 

Johnson S, 1 IP, 0 R, K

Lanark performance highlights

Alou 1-2, 2B

Lee L, 3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H, BB, K

Keuchel 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, K

Rusie 1 IP, 0 R, H, 2 K

Mt. Carroll Hawks @ Shannon Eagles, Lions Park

Shannon's Lions Park was the stage for this epic battle for first place! 

Unfortunately for the visiting Hawks this one went badly from the start. Don Drysdale gave up a solo dinger to Roy Hobbs in the first and another run in the second on a Chone Figgins single. After Hobbs again homered (he is looking like the favorite for league MVP at this point) in the third and Gary Carter doubled, young Don was done for the evening. Reliever Josh Smith immediately gave up a single for a 4-0 Eagles lead. Another run-scoring single later in the inning pretty much sealed the game for Shannon.

Meanwhile Eddie Cicotte continued to add to what is looking like one of the great pitching seasons in CCJBL history. He hurled four innings of shutout, one hit ball before being removed for Michael Lorenzen. Lorenzen finished off the shutout victory and Shannon took control of first place from the slumping Hawks, who have now lost three of their last four after a 5-0 start. 

Final score: Shannon 5, Mt. Carroll 0

Shannon performance highlights: 

Hobbs 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR

Carter 1-3, R

Taylor 1-2, R, RBI

Gandil 1-2, R, BB

Fox 2-3, RBI, 2 B

Figgins 1-2, RBI 

Cicotte W, 4 IP, 0 R, H, 2 BB, K

Lorenzen 2 IP, H, K

Mt. Carroll performance highlights

Baker 1-3, 3B

Drysdale L, 2 1/3, 4 ER, 6 H, 2 K

Smith 1 2/3, 1 ER, 3 H, BB 

Vaughn 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, K

June 27, 2019

Mt. Carroll Hawks @  Savanna Indians, Old Mill Park

Things were looking great for Mt. Carroll in the first inning. The first two batters of the game singled against Savanna starter Robin Roberts. Then Reginald Jackson drilled a three-run homer over the right field fence! 

Unfortunately they never scored again. The Indians tallied four runs off of Ricky Vaughn in the fourth inning and held on the rest of the way for the narrow victory, just their third off the season. Mt. Carroll sunk to 6-4 after a torrid 5-0 start.

Final score: Savanna 4- Mt. Carroll 3

Savanna performance highlights

Zisk 1-3, R

Fielder 1-2, R

Boone 1-2, R, RBI 

Reese 2-2, R, 2B

Buechele 1-2 , 2 RBI 

Roberts W, 4 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, BB, 2 K

Viola 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, K

Jonnard S, 1 IP, 0 R

Mt. Carroll performance highlights

Wells 1-3, R

Baker 2-3, R, 2B

Jackson 1-3, R, 3 RBI, HR

Vaughn L, 3 2/3, 4 ER, 6 H, K

Drysdale 1 1/3, 0 R, K

Milledgeville Missiles @ Shannon Eagles, Lions Park

Shannon kept their foot on the peddle in their quest for the one seed in the CCJBL tourney. After Milledgeville struck first with a run in the first the Shannon bats exploded for six in the third inning. Billy Hamilton contributed a three-run jack in the inning while Roy Hobbs homered later in the frame. Hobbs would homer yet again later in the game, giving him four taters this week alone and an astounding seven for the regular season! The kid is a natural!

The Missiles scored twice in the sixth thanks to a two-run shot from Tanner Boyle off of reliever Michael Lorenzen but it wasn't nearly enough. They fell to 3-7 for the campaign while Shannon improved to 8-2,  securing the regular season title. 

Final score: Shannon 7, Milledgeville 3

Shannon performance highlights

Hamilton 2-3, R, 3 RBI, HR

Fox 1-2, R

Hobbs 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR

Johnson 1-2, R

Figgins 1-2, R

Mahtook 1-2, R, RBI 

Harkey W, 3 IP, ER, 5 H, K

Lorenzen 3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K

Milledgeville performance highlights

Dihigo 1-3, R, 2B

Bellinger 2-3, RBI 

Boyle 1-3, R, 2 RBI, HR 

Worrell L, 2 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 3 K

Johnson 3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 3 K

Lanark Beavers @ Chadwick Silver Streaks, Handel Park

A pair of fielding errors victimized Chadwick's Chad Ogea in the first as Lanark scored three runs. Matt Williams got two of those runs back when he slammed a two-run shot off of Amos Rusie in the bottom of the inning. 

Rusie was dominant after the first inning, however. He allowed only one base runner the rest of the contest on his way to the complete game victory. Both teams end the regular season slate with 5-5 records. 

Final score: Lanark 4, Chadwick 2

Lanark performance highlights

Delahanty 3-4, R, 2 2B, SB

Chance 2-3, R, 2B, SB

McNair 1-1, RBI 

Tinker 1-2, RBI, Sac Fly

Owen 1-3, 2B

Rusie W, 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, BB, 7 K

Chadwick performance highlights

Kelly 1-2, R, BB, 2 SB, CS

Williams 1-3,R, 2 RBI, HR

Ogea L, 4 IP, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K

Tepera 1 1/3, ER, 4 H, BB, K

Haines 2/3, 0 R

Final Regular Season Standings

Shannon Eagles                   8-2

Mt. Carroll Hawks               6-4

Lanark Beavers                   5-5

Chadwick Silver Streaks    5-5

Milledgeville Missiles         3-7

Savanna Indians                  3-7

Sorry, no stats this week. Why? I'm lazy, that's why! I will post final statistics after the league tournament this week. Reminder that the CCJBL counts tournament stats towards season totals.