Boys Baseball Class A State Final Results — 2006-07 

Last updated at 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2007.

 Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) 12, Beardstown 1

 Play-By-Play
IHSA Class A Baseball 3rd Place Game
Melrose Pk (Lutheran vs Beardstown - Play-by-Play
Jun 02, 2007 at Joliet (Silver Cross Field)



Melrose Pk (Lutheran starters: 12/cf Orrico; 58/c Haras; 24/dh Collaro; 11/rf Rose;8/p Babchak; 2/3b Easter; 21/1b Wilkening; 17/2b Tuchel; 22/lf Preto; 3/ss Miller;
Beardstown starters: 1/2b Lathrop; 5/3b Nordsiek; 4/cf Davidsmeier; 44/c Bell; 7/rfHowell; 20/1b Blair; 8/lf Wherley; 32/p Deacon; 21/dh McCombs; 23/ss Orr;

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 1st - Orrico singled through the right side (2-2).Orrico stole second. Haras walked (3-1). Tuomi pinch ran for Haras. Collaro hit bypitch (1-2); Tuomi advanced to second; Orrico advanced to third. Rose walked, RBI(3-1); Collaro advanced to second; Tuomi advanced to third; Orrico scored. Babchak
singled to shortstop, RBI (0-2); Rose advanced to second; Collaro advanced to third;Tuomi scored. Barajaz pinch ran for Babchak. Easter singled through the left side,RBI (0-1); Barajaz advanced to second; Rose advanced to third; Collaro scored. Howell to 1b. Blair to p. Yost to rf for Deacon. Wilkening walked, RBI (3-1); Easteradvanced to second; Barajaz advanced to third; Rose scored. Tuchel singled to leftfield, 2 RBI (0-1); Wilkening advanced to second; Easter scored; Barajaz scored.Preto singled to shortstop (2-1); Tuchel advanced to second; Wilkening advanced to third. Orrico fouled out to 1b (0-0). Haras to c for Tuomi. Haras
tripled to left center, 3 RBI (0-1); Preto scored; Tuchel scored; Wilkening scored.Haras scored on a wild pitch. Collaro grounded out to ss (1-1). Rose singled down
the lf line (0-0). Babchak to p for Barajaz. Babchak fouled out to c (0-0). 10 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Beardstown 1st - Lathrop walked (3-1). Nordsiek lined into double play p to1b (0-2); Lathrop out on the play. Davidsmeier grounded out to ss (2-0). 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 2nd - Easter grounded out to ss (2-2). Wilkening poppedup to p (0-0). Tuchel struck out (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Beardstown 2nd - Bell flied out to cf. Howell flied out to cf (0-0). Blair walked (3-1). Upchurch pinch ran for Blair. Wherley lined out to lf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 3rd - Blair to p for Upchurch. Preto struck out (1-2).Orrico popped up to 3b (0-0). Hardy pinch hit for Haras. Hardy grounded out to 3b
(0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Beardstown 3rd - Orrico to cf for Hardy. Haras to c for Hardy. Yost singled to left center (1-0). McCombs struck out (1-2). Lathrop walked (3-1); Yost advanced to second. Nordsiek singled up the middle, RBI (1-1); Lathrop advanced to third; Yost scored. Davidsmeier hit by pitch (3-1); Nordsiek advanced to second. Bell
grounded into double play p to c to 1b (2-2); Lathrop out on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 4th - Collaro singled to left field (3-1). Reeves pinch hit for Rose. Reeves singled through the left side (0-2); Collaro advanced to second. Babchak singled to third base (1-1); Reeves advanced to second; Collaro advanced to third. Barajaz pinch hit for Easter. Barajaz struck out (2-2). Wilkening singled up the middle, 2 RBI (0-0); Babchak advanced to second; Reeves scored; Collaro scored. Tuomi pinch hit for Tuchel. Tuomi reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Wilkening out at second ss to 2b, out on the play; Babchak advanced to third. Mullen pinch hit for Preto. Mullen flied out to cf (2-1). 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Beardstown 4th - Rose to rf for Reeves. Easter to 3b for Barajaz. Tuomi to 2b. Preto to lf for Mullen. Howell walked (3-1). Blair struck out looking (0-2). Wherley reached on a fielder's choice (3-2); Howell out at second 3b to 2b, out on the play. Yost hit by pitch (0-0); Wherley advanced to second. Cooper pinch hit for McCombs. Cooper reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Yost out at second ss to 2b, out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 5th - Davidsmeier to c. Bell to p. Upchurch to rf for Blair. Yost to cf. Orrico out at first p to ss to 1b (1-1). Haras lined out to cf (2-2). Rankins pinch hit for Collaro. Rankins struck out (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

Beardstown 5th - Diliberto to 1b for Wilkening. Lathrop flied out to lf (1-2). Nordsiek hit by pitch (2-2). Davidsmeier singled to left field (2-0); Nordsiek advanced to second. Bell struck out looking (2-2). Howell flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.


 Box Score


                     IHSA Class A Baseball 3rd Place Game
Melrose Pk (Lutheran vs Beardstown
Jun 02, 2007 at Joliet (Silver Cross Field)

Melrose Pk (Lutheran 12 (29-8)

Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Richard Orrico cf........  4  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
Nate Haras c.............  2  1  1  3   1  0  4  1   0
 David Tuomi pr/ph.......  1  1  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Darryl Hardy ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Anthony Collaro dh.......  2  2  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Chris Rankins ph........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Fred Rose rf.............  1  1  1  1   1  0  1  0   0
 Victor Reeves ph........  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Michael Babchak p........  3  0  2  1   0  0  1  2   1
 Larry Barajaz pr/ph.....  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Steve Easter 3b..........  2  1  1  1   0  0  0  1   0
Luke Wilkening 1b........  2  1  1  3   1  0  3  0   0
 Dan Diliberto 1b........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Steve Tuchel 2b..........  2  1  1  2   0  1  0  0   0
John Preto lf............  2  1  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
 Brian Mullen ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Logan Miller ss..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 26 12 11 11   3  4 15  6   3
                         
Beardstown 1 (25-10)     
                         
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Josh Lathrop 2b..........  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  0   0
Tyson Nordsiek 3b........  2  0  1  1   0  0  1  1   0
Evan Davidsmeier cf/c....  2  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
Kylor Bell c/p...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  1   2
Tanner Howell rf/1b......  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  0   2
Jonathan Blair 1b/p......  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  0   0
 Dustin Upchurch pr/rf...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Chad Wherley lf..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Jeremy Deacon p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Chris Yost rf/cf........  1  1  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Eric McCombs dh..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Jay Cooper ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Zach Orr ss..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Totals................... 16  1  3  1   4  3 15  6   7
                         
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Melrose Pk (Lutheran (10)00 20 - 12 11  0
Beardstown.......... 0   01 00 -  1  3  0
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DP - Walt.Luth. 2. LOB - Walt.Luth. 3; Beardstown 7. 3B - Haras. HBP -
Collaro; Nordsiek; Davidsmeier; Yost. SB - Orrico.
                         
Melrose Pk (Lutheran   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Michael Babchak.....  5.0  3  1  1  4  3 16 23  80
                         
Beardstown             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Jeremy Deacon.......  0.0  3  6  6  2  0  3  6  26
Jonathan Blair......  4.0  8  6  6  1  3 20 21  67
Kylor Bell..........  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3  12
                         
Win - Babchak (4-2).  Loss - Deacon (2-1).  Save - None.
WP - Blair. HBP - by Deacon (Collaro); by Babchak (Davidsmeier); by Babchak
(Yost); by Babchak (Nordsiek). Inherited runners/scored: Babchak 1/0; Blair 3/3.
Pitches/strikes: Babchak 80/39; Deacon 26/14; Blair 67/47; Bell 12/8.
Umpires - HP: Todd Brooke  1B: Rich Doman  2B: John Downey  3B: Kirk Hacker
Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 1:25   Attendance: 614
Deacon faced 6 batters in the 1st.
Game: IHSA7A