Hitting Is Contagious For Central

Central’s bats heated up as the temperatures rose into the mid 60’s. Everyone in the line up contributed at least 1 hit as the Red Devils totaled 14 hits in the victory.  York got on the board with a 2 spot in the top of the first inning. Central responded with a single by Connor Marrero who stole 2^nd, advanced to 3^rd on a single by Scottie Zender, and scored on an RBI ground out by Ryan Connelly.  David Kiyosaki opened up the 2^nd inning with a single, stole 2^nd, advanced to 3^rd on a single by Brendan Sullivan and scored on a bunt single by Charlie Herr.  Rob Bellusci advanced the runners to 2^nd and 3^rd on a bunt followed by an RBI bunt single from Richie Zajeski scoring Sullivan.  Marrero added a sacrifice fly to bring Herr across the plate for the 3^rd run of the inning.  The third inning was scoreless and featured a double play fielded by Garrett Kawa to Josh Camalick to Zender.  Hinsdale really heated up in the 4^th inning putting 5 on the board beginning with a double by Sullivan and singles by Herr and Bellusci.  Sullivan stole home on an overthrow to 2^nd base and Zajeski added an RBI sac bunt to score Herr.  Marrero laid down a bunt single to score Bellusci and Zender singled scoring Marrero.  Connelly doubled and Camalick followed with an RBI double scoring Zender.  The Dukes of York picked up one in the 5^th and 6^th but the game ended in the 7^th when York doubled to the wall, tried to stretch it into a triple and got thrown out at 3rd on a relay from Bellusci to Camalick to Kiyosaki.

Charlie Herr pitched a complete game allowing 4 runs on 6 hits, 5 walks, and punched out 6 batters for the victory.  Overall the Red Devils had a good day offensively and defensively behind a solid pitching performance form Herr.