Devils beat Warriors

Hinsdale Central got a must win against the Willowbrook Warriors 10-3 led by strong pitching, timely hitting and solid defense.  It snapped a 7 game losing streak.

On the bump, Michael Fikaris led the pitching staff by going 4 strong innings with Danny Callahan and Jay Richards finishing up the game.  The combined stats for the pitchers were 9 strikeouts, one walk and one hit batter.  It was one of the best pitching performances of the year for the Devils.

The Devils got on the board in the first via the walk.  Matt Timmermann led off with a walk, took second on a wild pitch, stole third and then came home on a wild throw to third.  Jack Fuller walked, moved over to second on a single by Sam Lucente, Fikaris walked to load the bases and Fuller scored on a wild pitch.

In the second, Peter Foley doubled and scored on a single by Timmermann.

In the third, Fikaris singled, Tom Bieber walked, Richards singled scoring Fikaris.  An error scored Bieber and Richards scored on a fielder's choice by Foley.

The Devils blew the game open in the 6th scoring 4 runs.  Luke Rafferty led off with a single, Garrett Knecht and Timmermann walked to load the bases.  Lucente had a big double clearing the bases.  Lucente scored on a wild pitch.

Foley added a single in the 7th but was stranded.

The defensive web gem was by Matt Timmermann making a marvelous diving catch in right center field running full speed from left center stretched out making the catch to end the game. Wow!