Baseball State Final Results — 2024-25

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Game 3 Box Scores and Play by Play (PDF)

Play-by-Play

IHSA State Baseball Finals play-by-play
Class 1A –Third Place Game
Lexington vs. Pawnee
6/7/25 – Illinois Field, Champaign, IL

Umpires:  Plate: Lewis Nichols   Base: Jim Heth; 3rd Base: Steve Harms
Starting time: 	9:57 am		Time of game: 2:02
Weather: 7o degrees, fair, wind E 4 mph		Appox. attendance: 489

Top 1st - Lexington Minutemen
 Ball 1, In play.
B Friedmansky doubles on a hard ground ball to left fielder E Fulton.
LXNG 1 - PWNN 0
Ball 1, Foul, Strike 2 looking, Foul, In play.
D Powell singles on a line drive to left fielder E Fulton, B Friedmansky scores.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Ball 2, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
B Barber strikes out swinging, C Clarke pitching, D Powell remains at 1st.
In play.
K Knight grounds out, shortstop G Greer to first baseman C Contreras, D Powell advances to 2nd.
LXNG 2 - PWNN 0
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Ball 2, In play.
M Lainhart singles on a line drive to right fielder L Seiz, D Powell scores.
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 1, Strike 3 looking.
C Miller strikes out looking, C Clarke pitching.

Bottom 1st - Pawnee Indians
Foul, Ball 1, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
H Barber strikes out swinging, K Knight pitching.
Ball 1, Foul, Strike 2 looking, Strike 3 swinging.
G Greer strikes out swinging, K Knight pitching.
Ball 1, Foul, Ball 2, In play.
C Wort triples on a fly ball to center fielder B Friedmansky.
LXNG 2 - PWNN 1
Ball 1, In play.
H Wort hits a ground ball and reaches on an error by third baseman M Lainhart, C Wort scores.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, H Wort caught stealing 2nd, catcher B Barber to shortstop D Powell.
Half-inning ended by out on the base paths.

Top 2nd - Lexington Minutemen
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 swinging.
J Goodrich strikes out swinging, C Clarke pitching.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, In play.
J Miller singles on a line drive to left fielder E Fulton.
Foul, Ball 1, In play.
P Wiltz singles on a bunt to pitcher C Clarke, J Miller advances to 2nd.
Ball 1, In play.
B Friedmansky grounds into a fielder's choice double play, shortstop G Greer to second baseman C Morell to third baseman H Wort, P Wiltz out advancing to 2nd, J Miller out advancing to 3rd.

Bottom 2nd - Pawnee Indians
C Clarke flies out to center fielder B Friedmansky.
In play.
E Fulton grounds out, shortstop D Powell to first baseman J Goodrich.
Strike 1 looking, Foul, Strike 3 looking.
C Morell strikes out looking, K Knight pitching.

Top 3rd - Lexington Minutemen
Ball 1, In play.
D Powell flies out to center fielder H Barber.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 2 looking, Foul, Ball 4.
B Barber walks, C Clarke pitching.
Courtesy runner M Wiltz in for B Barber, Strike 1 looking, In play.
K Knight flies out to right fielder L Seiz, M Wiltz remains at 1st.
LXNG 3 - PWNN 1
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, M Wiltz advances to 2nd on error by catcher C Wort, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 2 looking, In play.
M Lainhart singles on a line drive to right fielder L Seiz, M Wiltz scores.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 4.
C Miller walks, C Clarke pitching, M Lainhart advances to 2nd.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 1
Ball 1, In play.
J Goodrich singles on a line drive to center fielder H Barber, M Lainhart scores, C Miller advances to 3rd on the throw, J Goodrich advances to 2nd on the throw.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, Ball 4.
J Miller walks, C Clarke pitching, C Miller remains at 3rd, J Goodrich remains at 2nd.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, In play.
P Wiltz grounds out, first baseman C Clarke to pitcher G Greer.

Bottom 3rd - Pawnee Indians
Ball 1, In play.
C Contreras singles on a line drive to center fielder B Friedmansky.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, C Contreras steals 2nd, Ball 2, In play.
T Polostina singles on a bunt to third baseman M Lainhart, C Contreras advances to 3rd.
Ball 1, T Polostina caught stealing 2nd, catcher B Barber to shortstop D Powell, Foul, Ball 2, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 swinging.
H Barber strikes out swinging, K Knight pitching, C Contreras remains at 3rd.
Strike 1 swinging, In play.
G Greer bunts out, pitcher K Knight to first baseman J Goodrich.
Top 4th - Lexington Minutemen
Strike 1 looking, Foul, In play.
B Friedmansky hits a ground ball and reaches on an error by third baseman C Contreras.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, B Friedmansky advances to 2nd on error by first baseman C Clarke, Ball 2, Strike 2 looking, Foul, Strike 3 looking.
D Powell strikes out looking, G Greer pitching, B Friedmansky remains at 2nd.
Ball 1, B Friedmansky steals 3rd, Foul, Ball 2, Foul, Ball 3, Strike 3 swinging.
B Barber strikes out swinging, G Greer pitching, B Friedmansky remains at 3rd.
Ball 1, Ball 2.
K Knight is hit by pitch, G Greer pitching, B Friedmansky remains at 3rd.
Courtesy runner B Elmore in for K Knight, B Elmore steals 2nd, Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, In play.
M Lainhart grounds out, second baseman C Morell to first baseman C Clarke.

Bottom 4th - Pawnee Indians
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, Ball 4.
C Wort walks, K Knight pitching.
Strike 1 looking, In play.
H Wort flies out in foul territory to catcher B Barber, C Wort remains at 1st.
C Clarke singles on a line drive to left fielder P Wiltz, C Wort advances to 2nd.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 2 | 2 Outs
Lineup changed: Pinch runner T Lederbrand in for first baseman C Clarke, Ball 1, C Wort advances to 3rd on wild pitch, T Lederbrand advances to 2nd on the same pitch, Ball 2, C Wort scores on passed ball, T Lederbrand advances to 3rd on the same pitch, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, In play.
E Fulton grounds out, third baseman M Lainhart to first baseman J Goodrich, T Lederbrand held up at 3rd.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 3
In play.
C Morell singles on a line drive to center fielder B Friedmansky, T Lederbrand scores.
In play.
C Contreras flies out to center fielder B Friedmansky.

Top 5th - Lexington Minutemen
Strike 1 swinging, Strike 2 looking, In play.
C Miller flies out to center fielder H Barber.
Strike 1 swinging, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 1, Strike 3 swinging.
J Goodrich strikes out swinging, G Greer pitching.
Strike 1 swinging, Strike 2 looking, Ball 1, Strike 3 looking.
J Miller strikes out looking, G Greer pitching.

Bottom 5th - Pawnee Indians
In play.
T Polostina flies out in foul territory to pitcher K Knight.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, In play.
H Barber flies out to center fielder B Friedmansky.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Ball 4.
G Greer walks, K Knight pitching.
Foul, Ball 1, Ball 2.
C Wort is hit by pitch, K Knight pitching, G Greer advances to 2nd.
Ball 1, Foul, Ball 2.
H Wort is hit by pitch, K Knight pitching, G Greer advances to 3rd, C Wort advances to 2nd.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 5
Ball 1, In play.
T Lederbrand singles on a line drive to right fielder C Miller, C Wort scores, H Wort advances to 3rd, G Greer scores.
Strike 1 looking, In play.
E Fulton grounds out, shortstop D Powell to first baseman J Goodrich.

Top 6th - Lexington Minutemen
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, In play.
P Wiltz flies out to second baseman C Morell.
In play.
B Friedmansky bunts out, pitcher G Greer to first baseman T Lederbrand.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Ball 2, In play.
D Powell lines out to center fielder H Barber.

Bottom 6th - Pawnee Indians
Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 1 looking, Ball 3, Ball 4.
C Morell walks, K Knight pitching.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 6
Strike 1 looking, C Morell steals 2nd, Strike 2 looking, In play.
C Contreras doubles on a line drive to left fielder P Wiltz, C Morell scores.
Foul, In play.
T Polostina singles on a bunt to pitcher K Knight, C Contreras advances to 3rd.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
H Barber strikes out swinging, K Knight pitching, C Contreras remains at 3rd, T Polostina remains at 1st.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 7 | 2 Outs
G Greer sacrifices to pitcher K Knight, G Greer out advancing to 1st, C Contreras scores, T Polostina advances to 2nd.
LXNG 4 - PWNN 9
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Ball 2, Ball 3, In play.
C Wort homers on a fly ball to left field, T Polostina scores.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Ball 4.
H Wort walks, K Knight pitching.
Lineup changed: C Clarke in for batter T Lederbrand, Strike 1 looking, In play.
C Clarke grounds out, second baseman K Knight to first baseman J Goodrich.

Top 7th - Lexington Minutemen
Foul, Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, In play.
B Barber grounds out, third baseman C Contreras to first baseman C Clarke.
Lineup changed: J Steffen in for batter K Knight, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Ball 1, In play.
J Steffen flies out to right fielder L Seiz.
Ball 1, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball 2, Strike 3 looking.
M Lainhart strikes out looking, G Greer pitching.