Prep Baseball Report

Illinois Daily Roundup: April 18 Games



BY DRAKE SKLEBA
SENIOR WRITER

SATURDAY APRIL 18

SHOCKER OF THE DAY

Minooka (7-10) stunned No. 20 Lockport 7-2 at historic Ed Flink Field on Saturday night, behind Miguel Ruiz and Nick Petrak. Ruiz fired a six-hitter at the Porters while Petrak singled and plated a pair of Indian runs. Hayden Laczynski chipped in with a single and an RBI.

POWER 25

No. 1 St. Rita (20-0, 4-0 Catholic Blue) hammered St. Joseph 12-1 behind Marty Bechina. Bechina went 3-for-3 with a triple and plated four Mustang runs. Bechina threw a scoreless inning of relief for Mustang winning pitcher Matt Ryan (4-0)

No. 2 Edwardsville (15-0) overwhelmed Jonesboro (AK) 13-0 behind a five-inning perfect game from Tyler Hosto.
Matthew Zielonko doubled and plated three Tiger runs.

No. 3 Mount Carmel (13-1, 3-0 Catholic Blue) smashed Bishop Mac 15-3 behind Malik Carpenter. Carpenter went 4-for-4 falling a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, Scott Kapers also plated four Caravan runs, all on his grand slam. AJ Lewis hit a pair of bombs and plated three while Ako Thomas and Bobby Seymour also went deep for the Caravan. Bishop McNamara falls to 10-4 and 1-4 in the CCL-White.

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