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Lockport takes down Lincoln-Way Central
Updated: May 9, 2011 9:04PM
Baseball players, by nature, are superstitious. When things are going well on the diamond, you can bet most players will stay with the same pregame routine.
Brendan Dunleavy isn’t one of those players. The Lockport catcher, as well as first baseman Mike Hines, had the hot bats Monday and led the Porters to a 14-2 win over Lincoln-Way Central in a SouthWest Suburban Blue contest in New Lenox. The 10-run rule applied and shortened the game to six innings.
“I was feeling sick and bloated out there,’’ Dunleavy said. “I ate two chicken patties and six slices of pepperoni pizza before the game. I won’t ever do that again’’
Dunleavy got the train rolling for Lockport (15-10, 6-3) by leading off the second with a line shot to right field. Courtesy runner Brandon Sawin came around to score the first run on a passed ball.
Hines scored the second run of the game on a base hit by Billy Reed and the Porters were up 2-0 after two innings.
The roof caved in on the Knights (12-12-1, 4-6) in the second inning when Lockport hammered out six hits, benefited from two walks and an error and put seven more runs on the board for a 9-0 lead. Dunleavy contributed an RBI single while Hines and John Kosmowski both had two RBI hits.
“I’m just relaxed at the plate right now,’’ Hines said. “I’m not thinking up at the plate. It’s see ball hit ball.’’
Dunleavy finished 3-for-4 with two runs. Hines was 3-for-3 with a walk, three runs and four RBI. Josh Altmann had two hits for the Porters.
Garret Kooi (2-2) got the win for the Porters. He gave up only two runs when the Knights’ Evan Branyik blasted a two-run shot over the left-field fence in the fourth inning, also scoring.
“Garret attacked the strike zone and he threw two pitches for strikes,’’ Lockport coach Andy Satunas said. “That is a good formula for success.’’
Lockport avenged a 13-8 loss to the Knights last week with the victory.
“Our bats were not alive and we had no life in the dugout in that game,’’ Dunleavy said. “We didn’t pitch or field well.’’
It was enough to make someone sick.
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