Wednesday’s baseball roundup

Updated: May 18, 2011 11:23PM

Plainfield North 12, Romeoville 1: No. 3 Plainfield North (28-1, 20-0 Southwest Prairie) was led by Kyle Palandech (2-for-3, RBI), Pat Cashman (1-for-2, RBI) and Kurt Palandech (1-for-2, RBI).

Glenbrook North 8, Highland Park 0: Sean Thomas pitched a complete game, striking out seven to earn the win for No. 7 Glenbrook North (26-3, 14-2). He also was 2-for-4 at the plate with a grand slam and four RBI.

Nazareth 5, Marist 2: Anthony Baldassano went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the win for No. 8 Nazareth (26-5, 12-4 East Suburban Catholic). Ryan allowed no hits in 3 2/3 innings for the win.

Brother Rice 7, Evergreen Park 1: Garrett O’Neill powered Brother Rice (11-14) with a grand slam, Dominic Albanese went 3-for-3 and Mike Yacko (3-2) was the winning pitcher.

Buffalo Grove 3, Wheeling 2: Winning pitcher Dan Rech (5-4) fanned five for Buffalo Grove (15-15, 10-6 Mid-Suburban East).

Deerfield 10, Niles North 5: Ben Brody went 2-for-4 with four RBI and Brad Holway went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the win for Deerfield (13-15, 9-7 Central Suburban North).

Grant 15, Lake Forest 14: Grant was led by Jake Ring (3-for-5, homer, double, RBI), Jared Helmich (3-for-5, double, three RBI) and Brent Spohr (3-for-4, three RBI).

Hersey 5, Prospect 2: Winning pitcher Trevor Haas struck out four and went 2-for-3 for Hersey (17-13, 10-6 Mid-Suburban East).

Jacobs 12, Grayslake North 11: Jacobs (12-11) was led by Dillon O’ Toole (2-for-5, double, three RBI) and Eric Lonigro (1-for-4, grand slam). Winning pitcher Brett Kale (5-2) went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs.

Lakes 14, Zion-Benton 0: Lakes (18-12, 9-3 North Suburban Prairie) was led by Max Dexheimer (2-for-3, double, four RBI), Kyle Noon (2-for-3, homer, three RBI, run) and Jake Brown (2-for-3, two doubles, two RBI, two runs). Paul Kukulka was the winning pitcher.

Libertyville 12, Antioch 3: Kevin Skoug homered and doubled. Joe Eichmann had two doubles.

Maine South 2, Glenbrook South 1: Jimmy Frankos went 1-for-3 with a two-run double and John Forsythe was the winning pitcher.

Minooka 3, Plainfield Central 2: Alex Bebar went 3-for-3.

Montini 12, Northtown 1: Jared Jayne went 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs for Montini (15-13).

Mundelein 10, Round Lake 0: Ryan Borucki (6-0) fanned 10 in the win for Mundelein (24-6). Jordan Wiegold went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and Charlie Gandolfi went 2-for-3 with a double.

Plainfield South 7, Plainfield East 4: Tom Vachon went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer for Plainfield South (13-16, 9-11).

Rich Central 14, Kankakee 2: Brandon Fowler fanned 11 in the win for Rich Central (19-5, 12-2 Southland).

Ridgewood 5, Riverside-Brookfield 1: Sean Morris went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Anthony Mruz was the winning pitcher for Ridgewood (13-14, 10-7).

South Elgin 6, Bartlett 0: Chris Munson recorded a complete-game win for South Elgin (21-8) and Jake Buhmann drove in two runs.

St. Joseph 11, Wheaton Academy 5: Stephen Scatassa went 4-for-5 in the win for St. Joseph (18-16).

Steinmetz 6, Chicago Academy 5: Winning pitcher Armin Skenderovich fanned eight in the complete-game win.

Wheaton North 4, Glenbard East 3: Jeff Schalk was the winning pitcher and Ryan Jordan homered for Wheaton North (21-8, 16-5 DuPage Valley).

Willowbrook 5, Andrew 0: Winning pitcher Zac Venchus (4-2) allowed just three hits in the complete-game win for Willowbrook (16-12). Tom Van Kooten doubled and drove in two runs and Alex Aiello had two RBI.

BEECHER

Coal City 5, Plano 0: Brandon Willis allowed just three hits in the complete-game win for Coal City.

GARDNER-SOUTH WILMINGTON

Dwight 4, Illinois Lutheran 0: Alex Frazier fanned nine in the complete-game win for Dwight. Troy Hogan went 2-for-2 with two doubles, an RBI and run. Ben Trainor went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI.

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK

Somonauk 9, Paw Paw 1: Winning pitcher Brandon Kramer also went 1-for-3 from the plate with three RBI. Danny Hearhold went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI.

HERSCHER

Herscher 15, Peotone 4: Jeff Bruer went 2-for-3 with a homer and six RBI to power Herscher. Tyler Evans went 2-for-4 with a homer and Justin Ruckman was the winning pitcher.

HOLY TRINITY

Holy Trinity 8, Parker 6: Jerry Silva was the winning pitcher for Holy Trinity (19-5).

LISLE

Aurora Christian 21, Hales 0: Josh Haugen (3-for-3, double, two RBI, three runs) and Mitch Holtz (2-for-3, two RBI, two runs). Mitch Holtz was the winning pitcher.

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Walther Lutheran 11, Timothy Christian 0: Chris Stevens went 2-for-3 with four RBI for Walther Lutheran (13-14).

PUBLIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Harlan 11, Mather 0: Winning pitcher Brandon White (7-2) allowed just one hit and struck out six for Harlan (22-7). Kyle Johnson went 2-for-3 with two runs.

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