Boys Baseball Class A State Final Results — 2006-07 

Last updated at 8:55 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2007.

 Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 4, Olney (East Richland) 1

 Play-By-Play
Melrose Pk (Lutheran starters: 12/cf Orrico; 58/c Haras; 24/1b Baker; 11/rf Rose; 38/ss Babchak; 30/p Easter; 9/dh Diliberto; 17/3b Tuchel; 22/lf Preto; 42/2b Miller;

Olney (E. Richland) starters: 22/lf Pickens; 3/p Mehl; 20/cf Kuenstler; 8/ss Schmucker; 4/c Houchin; 9/3b Burnett; 5/2b Smith; 18/1b Baker; 51/dh Wilson; 24/rf Neil;

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 1st - Orrico grounded out to 3b (2-2). Haras walked (3-1). Haras out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Baker grounded out to 3b (2-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 1st - Pickens grounded out to p (2-2). Mehl tripled to left center (3-1). Kuenstler reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (1-2); Mehl scored. Schmucker grounded out to 2b (0-1); Kuenstler advanced to second. Houchin flied out to cf (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 2nd - Rose grounded out to 3b (3-2). Babchak grounded out to 2b (0-2). Easter grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 2nd - Burnett hit by pitch (0-0). Smith struck out (0-2). Baker grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1); Burnett out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 3rd - Diliberto struck out (2-2). Tuchel singled through the right side (1-0). Preto struck out looking (2-2). Orrico grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 3rd - Wilson struck out (1-2). Pickens struck out (2-2). Mehl struck out, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 4th - Haras hit by pitch (0-0). Baker walked (3-0); Haras advanced to second. Rose out at first 1b to 2b, SAC; Baker advanced to second; Haras advanced to third. Babchak grounded out to ss, RBI; Baker advanced to third; Haras scored. Easter doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-2); Baker scored. Easter out at second ss unassisted. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 4th - Kuenstler singled to center field (0-2). Schmucker singled through the left side (2-1); Kuenstler advanced to second. Houchin struck out (3-2); Kuenstler out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. Burnett flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 5th - Diliberto popped up to p. Tuchel grounded out to 3b (1-0). Preto popped up to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 5th - Smith doubled to right field (0-0). Baker reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Smith out at third ss to 3b. Groves pinch ran for Baker. Wilson struck out (1-2). Pickens grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 6th - Baker to 1b for Groves. Orrico popped up to 2b. Haras walked. Haras stole second. Baker grounded out to 3b. Rose singled to left center, RBI; Haras scored. Babchak doubled to left field, RBI (1-2); Rose scored. Easter intentionally walked. Barajaz pinch ran for Easter. Diliberto hit by pitch; Barajaz advanced to second; Babchak advanced to third. Reeves pinch ran for Diliberto. Mehl to rf. Wilson to 1b. / for Neil. Baker to p. Wilson to 1b. Tuchel reached on a fielder's choice (1-1);
Reeves out on the play, out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 6th - Easter to p for Reeves. Mehl grounded out to p (1-2). Kuenstler singled through the left side. Schmucker reached on a fielder's choice (3-2); Kuenstler out on the play, out at second ss to 2b. Houchin struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 7th - Preto struck out (2-2). Orrico singled to center field (0-1). Orrico stole second. Haras walked (3-0). Haras advanced to second on a wild pitch; Orrico advanced to third. Collaro struck out (1-2). Rose grounded out to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Olney (E. Richland) 7th - Burnett singled down the rf line (0-2). Smith struck out (0-2). Baker grounded out to c (3-2); Burnett advanced to second. Neil pinch hit for Wilson. Neil struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.



 Box Score


Melrose Pk (Lutheran 4 (28-7)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Richard Orrico cf........  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   1
Nate Haras c.............  0  2  0  0   3  0  8  3   0
Anthony Collaro 1b.......  3  1  0  0   1  1  7  0   0
Fred Rose rf.............  3  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   2
Michael Babchak ss.......  3  0  1  2   0  0  0  3   0
Steve Easter p...........  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  2   0
 Larry Barajaz pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Dan Diliberto dh.........  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Victor Reeves pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Steve Tuchel 3b..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   3
John Preto lf............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Logan Miller 2b..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  2   0
Totals................... 23  4  5  4   5  4 21 10   6
                         
Olney (E. Richland) 1 (25-14)
                         
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Taylor lf................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Kurtis Mehl p/rf.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Jonathan Kuenstler cf....  3  0  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
Blake Schmucker ss.......  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  4   0
Heath Houchin c..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  4  1   2
Cody Burnett 3b..........  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  5   1
Cody 2b..................  3  0  1  0   0  2  4  1   0
Jesse Baker 1b/p.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  9  1   0
 Griffin Groves pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Jake Wilson dh/1b........  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
Adam Neil rf/ph..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Totals................... 26  1  6  1   0  9 21 12   5
                         
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Melrose Pk (Lutheran 000 202 0 -  4  5  0
Olney (E. Richland). 100 000 0 -  1  6  0
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DP - Walt.Luth. 2. LOB - Walt.Luth. 6; Olney 5. 2B - Babchak; Easter; Smith.
3B - Mehl. HBP - Haras; Diliberto; Burnett. SH - Rose. SB - Orrico; Haras.
CS - Haras; Kuenstler.   
                         
Melrose Pk (Lutheran   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Steve Easter........  7.0  6  1  1  0  9 26 27 102
                         
Olney (E. Richland)    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Kurtis Mehl.........  5.2  4  4  4  4  2 18 25  75
Jesse Baker.........  1.1  1  0  0  1  2  5  6  22
                         
Win - Easter (8-2).  Loss - Mehl (5-2).  Save - None.
WP - Baker. HBP - by Easter (Burnett); by Mehl (Haras); by Mehl (Diliberto).
Inherited runners/scored: Baker 3/0. Pitches/strikes: Easter 102/71; Mehl 75/48;
Baker 22/13.             
Umpires -                
Start: 7:00 pm   Time: 1:46   Attendance: 737
Game: IHSA4A