Red Devils Stung by Hornets

Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South battled it out over two hours but it seemed as though the game was played over four seasons.  The teams had to contend with rain, overcast skies, bright sunshine and distant lightening bolts before it was all over.

Jared Kreger started for Central and South came out , immediately putting two runs on the board.  Central responded quickly however with RBI’s from Sean Houlihan and Jack Gilbert which evened the score and an error from the Hornets infield allowed the Gilbert to score the go ahead run.  This lead was extended in the third when Houlihan was handed a base on balls with bases loaded, after singles from Pat Foley and Ryan Daspin. 

Jack Gilbert. who had replaced Kreger on the mound in the second looked to be making easy work of the South line up but then with two outs in the third, his pitching became uncharacteristically erratic and having loaded the bases, he walked in two, before recording the third out. This evened the score at 4-4.  Gilbert later blamed his inconsistency on a wet ball.

Thankfully Daspin, who replaced Gilbert in the fourth, didn’t have the same problem and steadied the ship for Central.   South were scoreless for the two innings he pitched and Central re-established their lead in the fourth and went further ahead in the sixth, both on Foley RBI’s.

Chris Bobo came in to pitch for Central in the sixth and pitched well but the Hornets found their offence once more and chalked up three quick runs to grab the lead back.  Unfortunately, the Devils were unable to do anything in their last at-bat and went home losers in a game that really could have gone either way.