Baseball Class 4A State Final Results — 2024-25

Box Score

Game 1 Box Scores and Play by Play (PDF)

Play-by-Play

IHSA State Baseball Finals play-by-play
Class 4A –Semifinal  Game #1
Libertyville  vs. Normal Community
6/13/25 – Slammers’ Field, Joliet, IL

Umpires:  Plate: Adam Satorius; 1st Base: Brian Kenny; 3rd Base: Rich Smith
Starting time: 5:03  pm		Time of game: 2:00
Weather: 73 degrees, CLOUDY, wind ESE 8 mph		Appox. attendance:987

Top 1st - Libertyville Wildcats
Lineup changed: G Swartz in at pitcher, Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Ball 2, Foul, Foul, Ball 3, Ball 4.
C Lockwood walks, G Swartz pitching.
Ball 1, Foul, In play.
Q Schambow lines into a double play to second baseman G Michaels, C Lockwood out advancing to 1st.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 4.
J Holst walks, G Swartz pitching.
Ball 1, Ball 2, In play.
C Holmes pops out to shortstop K Beaty.

Bottom 1st - Normal Community Ironmen
Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 1 swinging, Foul, Strike 3 looking.
G Michaels strikes out looking, C Lockwood pitching.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Ball 3, In play.
K Beaty pops out to second baseman T Wallace.
Ball 1, In play.
M Heineman doubles on a line drive to left fielder R Wilberding.
Ball 1, Foul, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 swinging.
G Swartz strikes out swinging, C Lockwood pitching.

Top 2nd - Libertyville Wildcats
Ball 1, Ball 2, Foul, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
R Wilberding strikes out swinging, G Swartz pitching.
Ball 1, Ball 2, In play.
J Cenar flies out to second baseman G Michaels.
Strike 1 looking, Foul, Ball 1, In play.
B Rohrbach grounds out, third baseman J Engel to first baseman B Weber.

Bottom 2nd - Normal Community Ironmen
Strike 1 looking, In play.
A Naour grounds out, shortstop C Lockwood to first baseman J Holst.
B Burkhart singles on a line drive to center fielder M Strader.
Strike 1 swinging, In play.
C Harris pops out in foul territory to shortstop C Lockwood, B Burkhart remains at 1st.
L Beaty grounds into fielder's choice, third baseman B Rohrbach to second baseman T Wallace, B Burkhart out advancing to 2nd.

Top 3rd - Libertyville Wildcats
Foul, Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3.
T Wallace is hit by pitch, G Swartz pitching.
M Strader bunts out to pitcher G Swartz, T Wallace remains at 1st.
Single
Ball 1, Ball 2, In play.
C Lockwood singles on a hard ground ball to right fielder C Harris, T Wallace advances to 2nd.
Q Schambow singles on a ground ball to left fielder A Naour, T Wallace advances to 3rd, C Lockwood advances to 2nd.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
J Holst strikes out swinging, G Swartz pitching, T Wallace remains at 3rd, C Lockwood remains at 2nd, Q Schambow remains at 1st.
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Strike 3 swinging.
C Holmes strikes out swinging, G Swartz pitching.

Bottom 3rd - Normal Community Ironmen
Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 1 looking, Ball 3, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 looking.
J Engel strikes out looking, C Lockwood pitching.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 looking.
G Michaels strikes out looking, C Lockwood pitching.
Strike 1 looking, In play.
K Beaty lines out to left fielder R Wilberding.

Top 4th - Libertyville Wildcats
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 2, Strike 3 looking.
R Wilberding strikes out looking, G Swartz pitching.
J Cenar grounds out, first baseman B Weber to pitcher G Swartz.
Strike 1 looking, Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 2 swinging, Foul, In play.
B Rohrbach flies out to left fielder A Naour.

Bottom 4th - Normal Community Ironmen
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, In play.
M Heineman grounds out, second baseman T Wallace to first baseman J Holst.
Strike 1 swinging, In play.
G Swartz grounds out, third baseman B Rohrbach to first baseman J Holst.
Ball 1.
A Naour is hit by pitch, C Lockwood pitching.
B Burkhart flies out to center fielder M Strader.

Top 5th - Libertyville Wildcats
Ball 1, Ball 2, In play.
T Wallace singles on a line drive to right fielder C Harris.
M Strader sacrifices, third baseman J Engel to first baseman B Weber, M Strader out advancing to 1st, T Wallace advances to 3rd.
C Lockwood lines out to shortstop K Beaty, T Wallace remains at 3rd.
Ball 1, In play.
Q Schambow flies out to center fielder B Burkhart.

Bottom 5th - Normal Community Ironmen
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Ball 1, In play.
C Harris pops out to left fielder R Wilberding.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 2 looking, Ball 4.
L Beaty walks, C Lockwood pitching.
Foul, Ball 1, In play.
J Engel sacrifices, pitcher C Lockwood to first baseman J Holst, J Engel out advancing to 1st, L Beaty advances to 2nd.
Ball 1, In play.
G Michaels singles on a ground ball to third baseman B Rohrbach, L Beaty advances to 3rd.
Strike 1 looking, G Michaels steals 2nd, Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Ball 4.
K Beaty walks, C Lockwood pitching, L Beaty remains at 3rd, G Michaels remains at 2nd.
M Heineman grounds into fielder's choice, shortstop C Lockwood to second baseman T Wallace, L Beaty did not score, K Beaty out advancing to 2nd, G Michaels advances to 3rd.

Top 6th - Libertyville Wildcats
Ball 1, Ball 2, Ball 3, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Foul, In play.
J Holst singles on a fly ball, right fielder C Harris to shortstop K Beaty, J Holst out advancing to 2nd.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Foul, Strike 2 swinging, Foul, Ball 3, Ball 4.
C Holmes is hit by pitch, G Swartz pitching.
Lineup changed: Pinch runner N Farmakis in for designated hitter C Holmes, Ball 1, Strike 1 swinging, Foul, Strike 3 swinging.
R Wilberding strikes out swinging, G Swartz pitching, N Farmakis remains at 1st.
Foul, Ball 1, N Farmakis caught stealing 2nd, shortstop K Beaty.
Half-inning ended by out on the base paths.

Bottom 6th - Normal Community Ironmen
Strike 1 swinging, Ball 1, Strike 2 swinging, Ball 2, Ball 3, Ball 4.
G Swartz walks, C Lockwood pitching.
Courtesy runner G Borne in for G Swartz, In play.
A Naour sacrifices, third baseman B Rohrbach to first baseman J Holst, A Naour out advancing to 1st, G Borne advances to 2nd.
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Ball 2, Ball 3, Foul, In play.
B Burkhart grounds out, pitcher C Lockwood to first baseman J Holst, G Borne advances to 3rd.
Lineup changed: D Stevens in for batter C Harris, Ball 1, Foul, Foul, Ball 2, Foul, Ball 3, Foul, In play.
D Stevens grounds out, pitcher C Lockwood to second baseman T Wallace to first baseman J Holst.

Top 7th - Libertyville Wildcats
Lineup changed: A McKnight in for batter J Cenar, In play.
A McKnight lines out to shortstop K Beaty.
Foul, Strike 2 looking, Ball 1, Foul, Foul, Strike 3 looking.
B Rohrbach strikes out looking, G Swartz pitching.
Foul, Strike 2 looking, Strike 3 looking.
T Wallace strikes out looking, G Swartz pitching.

Bottom 7th - Normal Community Ironmen
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 swinging.
L Beaty strikes out swinging, C Lockwood pitching.
Ball 1, In play.
J Engel doubles on a fly ball to left fielder R Wilberding.
Foul, Strike 2 swinging, In play.
G Michaels flies out to left fielder R Wilberding, J Engel remains at 2nd.
Lineup changed: Pinch runner G Borne in for third baseman J Engel, In play.
K Beaty flies out to right fielder J Cenar.

Top 8th - Libertyville Wildcats
Ball 1, Ball 2.
M Strader is hit by pitch, G Swartz pitching.
Foul, Ball 1, Foul, In play.
C Lockwood pops out in foul territory to third baseman J Engel, M Strader remains at 1st.
Ball 1, Ball 2, Strike 1 looking, In play.
Q Schambow singles on a ground ball to right fielder C Harris, M Strader advances to 3rd.
LBRT 1 - NRML 0
Strike 1 swinging, Strike 2 looking, In play.
J Holst grounds into fielder's choice, pitcher G Swartz to third baseman J Engel, Q Schambow advances to 3rd on error by third baseman J Engel, M Strader scores.
LBRT 2 - NRML 0
Lineup changed: Pinch runner S Strelow in for first baseman J Holst, Ball 1, Lineup changed: C Holmes in for batter N Farmakis, Ball 2, In play.
C Holmes singles on a line drive to right fielder C Harris, Q Schambow scores, S Strelow advances to 2nd.
J Roper in for pitcher G Swartz, In play.
R Wilberding flies out to right fielder C Harris, S Strelow remains at 2nd, C Holmes remains at 1st.
J Cenar grounds into fielder's choice, shortstop K Beaty to second baseman G Michaels, C Holmes out advancing to 2nd, S Strelow advances to 3rd.

Bottom 8th - Normal Community Ironmen
M Heineman grounds out, second baseman T Wallace to first baseman J Holst.
Strike 1 swinging, Foul, Ball 1, Strike 3 swinging.
G Swartz strikes out swinging, C Lockwood pitching.
Ball 1.
A Naour is hit by pitch, C Lockwood pitching.
LBRT 2 - NRML 1
Ball 1, Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 looking, Foul, In play.
B Burkhart singles on a ground ball to third baseman B Rohrbach, A Naour scores on error by third baseman B Rohrbach, B Burkhart advances to 3rd on the same error.
Strike 1 looking, Strike 2 swinging, Strike 3 swinging.
C Harris strikes out swinging, C Lockwood pitching.