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6/5 - Senior third
baseman Mike Hoosen has been selected by his teammates as
the 2006 Bednar Award winner.
The award is given
annually to the Most Valuable Player for the GHS
varsity baseball team. The Award is named in
honor of Chuck Bednar, who coached the Silver Streaks
in the 1940's and 50's. The long-time coach helped
establish the rich baseball tradition at the school
and took a couple of
teams to the State finals.
Hoosen's
brother Steve also won the award in 2003. It is
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IHSA Sectional
Streaks'
post-season run ends |
6/3 - (MOLINE) The "magic" finally ran out
on GHS' varsity baseball team, Saturday, as they fell 9-1 to
top-seeded Limestone in the IHSA Sectional Final at
Augustana College.
After winning
eight consecutive games to end the regular season, capture
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championship, post 20 win and advance to the Sectional
Final, the Streaks were unable to get past a solid
Limestone squad, hungry to earn their second State
Finals appearance in a row. GHS' boys finished 20-14,
still quite an accomplishment considering coach Arnie
Gonzalez' crew was just 12-13 on May 19th.
Robbie Hinkle, who had pitched the Streaks to a Regional
title last Saturday, was touched for six runs, but only two
of Limestone's runs were earned as GHS committed four
fielding errors. Hinkle three and a third innings and was
tagged with the loss. Ryan Painter, Zach Ricketts and Neil VanderWyst all saw action in relief. VanderWyst finished the
contest and was the only pitcher to hold Limestone
scoreless. By doing so, the junior righthander assured the
Streaks on their final at bats as Limestone was denied a
run-rule finish.
After a scoreless first inning, the Rockets
were the first to score in the bottom of the second. With
one out, Matt Bazhenow singled. Josh Haun followed with a
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Limestone on the scoreboard.
An fielding error then put the next batter on base and set
the table for Shawn Songer's two-run double.
GHS looked like
they wanted to make a game of it in their next at bat in the
top of the third. Cory Myler singled with one out and then
scored one out later on a double by Tyler Leihenseder.
Unfortunately, one run was all the Streaks could get as A.J.
Fields was retired on a deep fly-out to right to end the
inning.
Down 3-1, GHS needed to hold Limestone, but they
couldn't as the Rockets took advantage of a walk, a
hit-by-pitch and an error to push their lead back to three
runs.
The fourth inning was, in many respects, reflected the
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the first
two batters on base to start top the of inning, but a
force-out, strikeout and harmless pop-up ended the
threat. Then in the bottom of the inning, Limestone
put the contest away with a five-run uprising. A
lead-off walk essentially traded places with the next
batter on a force-out. Then came an error and a wild
pitch. Painter came into relieve with two runners on.
He walked two straight batters to force in Limestone's fifth
run. Ricketts then followed on the mound and was greeted
with back-to-back doubles by Jesse Burns and Drew Koeppel.
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finally retired, but the
damage was done as they pushed their lead to 9-1 with three
innings left.
Once
again, in the fifth, the Streaks managed to get their first
two batters on base only to be denied. In the sixth, Mike Hoosen was hit by a pitch to open the inning, but Limestone
turned a double-play to kill that threat. GHS went down in
order in the seventh.
Limestone out-hit the Streaks 7-4 in
the contest. Songer had two doubles to pace the winners. For
GHS, Leihenseder had a double and Billy Herrin, Myler and
Hoosen all chipped in singles.
Saturday's game was the final
one for nine GHS seniors. In a class move, Coach Gonzalez made sure
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IHSA Sectional
Streaks
beat
Richwoods 6-1 |
6/1 - (MOLINE) The 20th
victory of the season was a special one for GHS' varsity
baseball team, Thursday, as they defeated Peoria Richwoods
6-1 in the Sectional semi-final at Augustana College.
With
the win, the Streaks (20-13) advanced to Saturday's
Sectional championship game to take on top-seeded Limestone.
Coach Arnie Gonzalez' crew, now one of only 32 teams left in
Class AA, got their bats going in the fourth and fifth
innings to get past an underdog Richwoods team that captured
the Canton Regional.
Kyle Hunter pitched six innings to
earn the victory for the Streaks. He was greeted rudely by
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Knights, who managed nine hits in the first five
innings. However, the lefty and his teammates were up
to the task as they only surrendered one run. Neil VanderWyst was
called upon once again to "close" and the fire-balling
righthander retired Richwoods three-up-and-three-down in the
seventh.
After a scoreless first inning, Richwoods got the
initial run in the contest in the top of the second. With
one out, Jim Wennmacher doubled and scored one out later on
a single by Eric Hilton. The Knights got another hit in the
frame, but Hunter ended the uprising with a strikeout. In
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their lead, but a double play averted disaster for the
Streaks. Robbie Hinkle sprinted from his second base
position to the rightfield line to catch a pop-up. Richwoods'
runner on second tagged up and headed for third, but a
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covering
third cut down the runner and essentially ended the
threat. Richwoods went on to get back-to-back hits in
the next inning, but again were unable to push another
run across.
Trailing 1-0, GHS
used a lead-off walk in the fourth inning to get on
the scoreboard. Chad Humes drew the base-on-balls and
was followed by a double by Hoosen. With two men in
scoring position, Corey Clay responded with another
double to plate both Humes and Hoosen with the tying
and go-ahead runs. The Streaks went on to load the
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damage, at least until the
fifth.
Things fell in place nicely
for GHS in the fifth. Billy Herrin led-off the frame by
reaching base on a dropped third strike. Tyler Leihensder
then reached on an error, setting the table for A.J. Fields,
whose shot to centerfield came just few feet from clearing
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Humes then walked to load the bases. Hoosen hit a
sacrifice fly to deep leftfield, scoring Leihenseder
with GHS' fourth run. Clay then followed and promptly
reprised his efforts from the inning before, knocking
in two runs with a double.
Facing a five-run deficit proved too much for Richwoods to
overcome. An error got the Knights a baserunner in the
sixth, but they had used up all their hits. Hunter got
them out on a force-out, flyball and strikeout. Three
groundouts in the seventh ended the season for the
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Richwoods out-hit GHS 9-6. Starting pitcher Pat Hogan and
Dan Corey had two hits apiece for the Knights. For the
Streaks, Clay was the only man with multiple hits. Hoosen
had his double and Herrin, Fields and Nichols, one single
each.
Saturday's championship
game with start at 1:00 p.m. at the Augustana field, located
just off John Deere road. A good-sized crowd is expected.
The winner will advance to the "sweet sixteen" and Monday's
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IHSA Regional Final
Streaks
rally
past Moline 9-4 |
5/27 - GHS' varsity baseball
team refused to lose, Saturday. Down 4-3, heading into their
final at bats against top-seeded Moline, the Streaks
extended their 2006 season with a timely six-run rally.
That exciting 9-4 win gave coach Arnie Gonzalez' boys the Regional championship on their home field
in front of a good-sized afternoon crowd. The victory also improved the
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record to
19-13, but more importantly, earned them a spot in
next week's Sectional Tournament hosted by Augustana College. GHS will take on Peoria
Richwoods, the winner of the Canton Regional in a 6 p.m.
game Thursday, June 1st.
Robbie Hinkle drew the tough mound
assignment for the Streaks and the junior righthander
responded with a strong performance. He shut-out the pop-up
prone Maroons through four innings before surrendering a
solo run in the fifth and three in the sixth. Neil
VanderWyst, the Streaks' closer, stopped the "bleeding" in
the sixth and then tossed a scoreless seventh to pick-up the
victory. Hinkle struck out two and scattered 10 hits, with
five of them coming in the sixth. VanderWyst allowed no hits
and struck out two of the five men he faced.
Homeruns were a
big part of GHS' success. A.J. Fields and Chad Humes broke a
scoreless tie in the top of the fourth with back-to-back
jacks. Fields reprised his round-trip performance two
innings later. That solo shot answered Moline's first run
scored in the bottom of the fifth.
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Hinkle began to
tire on the mound. Tony Stevens smacked a double to lead-off the frame
for the Maroons. James Hoyt singled and Joe Thompson doubled
to score Stevens and Hoyt and tie things up 3-3. A RBI
single by Greg Pepping put the Maroons on top by a run. John
Grunewald followed with another hit that chased Hinkle. VanderWyst struck out the next batter and then got a ground
out to end the Moline uprising.
In the seventh inning, the
Streaks, who were visitors on the scoreboard, needed a rally
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got it. Mike Nichols doubled to
lead-off the inning and Ben Ascher then went deep for a two-shot that put GHS
back on top. Billy Herrin then singled and Tyler Leihenseder
sacrificed him to second. At that point, Moline pulled
starting pitcher Kirk Clark, who had struck out seven men
through six and a third innings. A throwing error put Herrin
on third and the Maroons elected to intentionally walk
Fields. Another throwing error plated Herrin and then Humes
singled. One out later, Corey Clay doubled in two runs. Kyle
Hunter then touched Moline's third pitcher, Michael Mack for
another single that brought home Clay and gave GHS a
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five-run cushion
heading into the bottom of the seventh.
The Streaks only out-hit the Maroons 12-10, but
claimed a 4-0 margin in homeruns hit. Fields was 3-for-3 at
the plate and Humes' 3-for-4. Nichols chipped in two hits
and Herrin, Clay, Hunter and Ascher had one apiece. Matt
Bruhn, Thompson and Grunewald had two hits each to lead the
Maroons.
GHS' vcitory evened their season series with
Moline at 2-2. The Maroons, who tied for second in the
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IHSA Regional
Streaks get past
Panthers 4-1 |
| 5/25 - Rain might delayed the
start of Thursday's IHSA Regional game between United
Township and GHS' varsity baseball team, but the delay
didn't keep the Streaks from getting started offensively as
they jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a
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With the win, coach Arnie Gonzalez' crew
(18-13 on the season) earned
a place in Saturday's 1:00 p.m. Regional final against
top-seeded Moline.
Four runs in the first inning proved more than enough for the Streaks as sophomore pitcher
Kyle Hunter mowed down the opposition. U.T. only managed one
run on a passed ball in the fifth inning as GHS played
errorless baseball and got 10 strikeouts from Hunter. The
lefty
only allowed four hits in six innings of work. The Panthers
had no more than one in an inning, which made it
particularly difficult to put anything together offensively.
Neil VanderWyst pitched the final inning for the save.
After
a walk and three strikeouts for the Panthers in the top of
the first, GHS' boys came out aggressively. Billy Herrin
slapped a single to center. Tyler Leihenseder drew a walk
and A.J. Fields was hit by a pitch. Chad Humes then drove a
sacrifice to center to plate Herrin. Mike Hoosen hit ground
ball, but as the Panthers went for the double-play, the
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both Leihenseder and courtesy runner Ben Ascher scored. Hoosen took second on the error and one out later scored on
a double by Mike Nichols.
The four-run first inning was all
GHS would get against U.T. pitcher Ryan Wallace, but it
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The Streaks got five more hits and had some
opportunities to score, but U.T. turned in
some fine defensive plays, including a diving catch by
centerfielder Chad Harris that turned into double-play and
ended GHS' threat in the fifth. In the very next frame,
Robbie Hinkle made turnabout fair play as he dove to snare a
line-drive from the bat of Kevin Marner to end the Panthers'
threat in the sixth.
U.T. had runners on base in every
inning, but only managed the one run when courtesy runner
Tony Sacco raced across the plate on a passed ball in the
fifth. The Panthers left eight men on base in the
contest.
The Streaks out-hit U.T. 7-4, with Leihenseder
going two-for-two with a double. Nichols also had a double
and Herrin, Fields, Hoosen and Hinkle added one hit apiece.
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LaSalle-Peru 6-5 in Regional tune-up |
5/22 - (PERU) Both teams wanted
some good competition before their respective Regional
openers this week and that's what GHS and LaSalle-Peru's
varsity baseball teams got, Monday. The Streaks rallied in
the seventh for a 6-5 victory.
With the win, GHS' varsity
will enter the post-season on the heels of a five-game winning streak.
L-P struck first in the contest with a homerun from freshman Karch Kowalczyk. The Cavaliers added another run in the
third to up their advantage to 2-0. In the fourth inning,
the Streaks wiped out L-P's lead with a four-run uprising.
Corey Clay smacked a double to opening the frame and
promptly scored on Chad Humes' RBI double. Copycat Mike
Hoosen then doubled to drive on Humes. Two outs later,
Robbie Hinkle connected for a "no doubt" two-run homer to
put GHS in front 4-2.
The Cavaliers put together a couple
hits and took advantage of the pair of Streak errors to
regain the lead with a three-run sixth. With their backs to
wall, GHS rallied in the seventh. Billy Herrin singled to
lead-off the inning and stole second. Kyle McGee walked and
a balk advanced both runners. Clay lofted a sacrifice fly to
right to score Herrin with the tying run. Nolan Crain then
drove in what proved to be the game-winner as he scored
McGee on a suicide squeeze bunt.
Herrin picked up the
pitching victory in relief of GHS starter Kyle Krisher. Neil
VanderWyst sealed the victory with three-up-three-down save.
The Streaks out-hit the Cavaliers 8-7 in the contest. Zach
Ricketts had two hits to pace the winners. Herrin, Clay, Humes, Hoosen, Hinkle and Preston Anderson added chipped in
one hit apiece. Cam Puetz had to two doubles to lead L-P at
the plate.
Thursday, the Streaks will host United Township
in the Regional semi-final at 4:30 p.m. Geneseo will take on
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Streaks Classic
'06
Bats
come alive as Streaks go 4-0 in Classic |
5/20 - Consistency has not been
a characteristic of the GHS varsity baseball team's
offensive attack this spring, but this weekend the Streaks
broke out the big bats, scoring 10+ runs in three of their
four games in the Streaks Classic.
Perhaps the offensive outburst is coming at the right time as GHS will host an IHSA
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this week.
Saturday, the Streaks defeated Peoria Woodruff 11-7 in
a slugfest and then smacked a good Metamora crew 14-1.
With the victories, GHS' boys assured themselves of a
winning season. They stand 16-13, with one regular
season game remaining, Monday at LaSalle-Peru.
Woodruff
saved their best pitcher for the Streaks, but the home team
was undaunted, scoring in the first four innings, including
a big five-run third. GHS jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the
first inning as Billy Herrin led-off with a single and
scored on later on a wild pitch. Chad Humes doubled with two
outs and scored on Mike Hoosen's RBI single.
The Streaks
added another run in the second inning before Woodruff cut
the margin to 3-2 with two runs in the top of the third. In
the bottom of the frame, however, GHS took control. The
first six Streak batters reached base. Hoosen drove in one
run and Corey Clay delivered a base-clearing two-run triple.
Kyle Hunter followed with a single to plate Clay. GHS added
two more runs in the fourth and one in the sixth on a
homerun by Humes. They never relinquished the lead. Woodruff
scored solo runs in the fourth and sixth and three in their
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Luke Kidd hit a
"no doubt" homerun for the Warriors to lead-off the fourth.
The Streaks out-hit the
offensive-minded Woodruff 13-12. Hoosen had three hits and
three RBI's to lead the winners. Hunter, Clay, Humes and
Herrin had two hits each. Robbie Hinkle, A.J. Fields and
Cory Myler added one hit apiece.
Nolan Crain picked up the
pitching victory for the Streaks. He went the distance,
allowing 12 hits and striking out five.
In the final game of
the Classic, the results were far from "classic"
(except for the Streaks' fans) as GHS
dispensed with Metamora in five innings. The Redbirds scored
one run in the first inning off Streak starter Zach
Ricketts. After that, the GHS righthander took command,
limiting Metamora to three hits.
The Streaks got their
offense going early, scoring two runs in the first and five
in the second. They added two more in the third and five in
the fourth.
Fields had three hits, including two doubles,
and five RBI's. Clay also chipped in three hits, with one
double, and three RBI's. Kyle Krisher had two hits,
including a double; Mike Nichols, a triple; Herrin, a
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for GHS varsity in Streaks Classic |
5/19 - It took a while for GHS'
varsity baseball team to get things going Friday night, but
they did, the results were good. The Streaks opened the
evening session of the 2006 Streaks Classic with a 7-6
victory over Springfield Southeast and then won the late
game 11-1 over Sterling in six innings.
In the Southeast
game, fell behind 5-1, before rallying for six runs in the
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Robbie
Hinkle went six innings on the mound for the Streaks,
allowing eight hits and striking out five. It was the righthander's longest outing of the season
to date. After walking the first batter in the seventh,
Hinkle gave way to Neil VaderWyst, who allow one run to
score, but still earned the save.
GHS had only five hits in
the contest, but took advantage some Springfield errors to
post a five-run sixth. Mike Hoosen had a double and Kyle
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Billy Herrin and
Mike Nichols both added singles.
Hunter took the mound in the nightcap for GHS and allowed
one unearned run in four innings on just one hit. The
sophomore lefty was in control, striking out seven. Ryan
Painter struck out two more batters in two innings of
relief.
The Streaks grabbed the
lead with a solo run in the second and then added
three-spots in both the third and fourth frames. They added
four more runs in the sixth to end the game early.
GHS
out-hit Sterling 10-2. Hoosen, Hinkle and A.J. Fields had
two hits apiece. Herrin, Tyler Leihenseder, Chad Humes and
Nichols added one hit each. Hoosen had two RBI's.
The two
wins, Friday, lifted GHS' season record back above the .500
mark to 14-13.
Saturday,
the Streaks will play two more games, taking on Peoria
Woodruff at 2:30 p.m. and Metamora at 4:15 p.m. Both games
will be played at Sundberg Field. There will be six other
games played at Sundberg, the East Field and Carl Sandburg
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Senior Day struggle
Streaks fall to Peoria
Richwoods 6-3 |
5/18 - The famous
adage "dress
for success" might actually have worked in reverse for GHS'
varsity baseball team, here Thursday, as they lost to Peoria
Richwoods 6-3.
For Senior Day, the Streaks elected to wear
their "casual" white jerseys, usually reserved for JV
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games,
against Richwoods. GHS' boys played like jayvees,
giving up 10 hits and committing seven fielding errors.
The non-conference loss to Richwoods dropped the Streaks below .500 again (12-13),
heading into this weekend's Streaks Classic.
From the start,
it was a struggle for GHS' boys. Richwoods got to starting
pitcher Kyle Krisher for two quick runs in the first inning
on three hits and a walk. The errors started to take affect
in the Knight second. Three consecutive hits and an errant
pick-off throw pushed two more runs across for the visitors.
Down 4-0, the Streaks cut the deficit with two runs in the
bottom of the second. Mike Hoosen opened the frame with a
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Ben Ascher's RBI single. Ascher
eventually scored on a two-out error.
A homerun by Richwoods'
Dan Corey off GHS relief pitch Nolan to lead-off the third
gave the Knights a 5-2 lead. From that point on, the Streaks
committed six fielding errors, but only gave up one more run
- a solo tally in the top of the seventh.
GHS could not
catch Richwoods as they managed only one more run. They
stranded five runners in the final three innings, but only
plated Krisher in the fifth.
Richwoods out-hit the Streaks
10-6. Corey Clay, Hoosen, Ascher, Krisher, Robbie Hinkle and
Billy Herrin had one hit apiece.
In addition to the Senior
Day ceremony before the game, honoring both the seniors and
their parents, it was Community Night with a number of give-aways,
games and free pizza courtesy of Domino's. The event was
organized by Kat Mason.
Friday, GHS' varsity will
no doubt be in their sharp-looking home uniforms as they
play the two evening games on the opening day of the Streaks
Classic. They face Springfield Southeast at 6 p.m. and
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Rock Island tops Streaks third
straight time |
5/11 - (ROCK ISLAND) The strong
winds Thursday afternoon did not blow fortune the way of the
GHS varsity baseball team. Instead, it seemed to favor the
host team as Rock Island took a non-conference contest 5-1.
Lefthander Billy Herrin took the loss for the Streaks on the
mound and as has been the custom in many of GHS losses this
season, opportunities to score went by the wayside.
With the
loss, the Streaks saw their season fall back to the .500
mark at 12-12.
This weekend, weather-permitting, GHS'
varsity will compete in the Pontiac Invitational. They are
slated to play Dwight on Friday night and then play two more
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Streaks sweep Quincy to finish
5-5 in WB6 |
5/6 - GHS' varsity baseball
team has been hovering around the .500 mark all season.
Saturday, the Streaks made their conference record just
that, defeating Quincy twice at Sundberg Field.
GHS won 2-1
and 10-5 to even their Western Big 6 mark at 5-5 and
increase their overall mark to 12-11.
Kyle Hunter was
masterful on the mound, striking out 13 in the opener, to
pick-up his second league victory. The sophomore lefty, who
drew the game one assignment in each conference doubleheader
finished the league season 2-2. He pitched deep into the
Moline game, but got no decision.
In the opener, GHS scored
both their runs in the bottom of the third. The Streaks'
Tyler Leihenseder was hit by a pitch and Robbie Hinkle drew
a walk. Cory Myler sacrificed the runners to second and
third and an error on Billy Herrin's grounder brought in
both runs. The Streaks had only one hit in the opener
against Quincy's Mitchell Fairley.
In the nightcap, the GHS
offensive machine got back in action. Mike Nichols drove in
three runs and A.J. Fields had three hits. Hinkle, who
pitched four innings, picked up the victory. He allowed five
hits and two runs.
The Streaks will try to push their season
record further above .500 when they travel to Rock Island
Thursday for a non-conference game. They will also
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suffer frustrating loss to United Township |
5/4 - Another one got away,
Thursday, as GHS' varsity baseball team dropped an 8-4
non-conference decision to United Township.
Trailing only
3-1, heading into the seventh inning, the Streaks
surrendered five unearned runs to push the deficit to 8-1.
Then in the bottom of the frame, GHS finally put together
some offense. They scored three runs and had one hard hit
grounder heading up the middle not been slowed by hitting
pitching rubber, they might have made things much more
interesting.
Billy Herrin led the Streaks with three hits,
including a triple. Mike Nichols had two doubles, but GHS
struggled with runners in scoring position. The Streaks
stranded runners on third base in the second inning, second
in the third and on second in the fourth and fifth innings.
With the loss, the Streaks fell below .500 at
10-11 on the season. Saturday, GHS will close-out the
Western Big 6 campaign at home against Quincy. |
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doubleheader with United Township |
5/2 - (EAST
MOLINE) GHS' varsity baseball team wanted a sweep, but had
to settle for a split, Tuesday, as they made up their
Western Big 6 doubleheader at United Township. The Streaks
won the first game 2-0 behind the two-hit shutout pitching of Kyle
Hunter, but dropped the nightcap 7-5.
The
GHS victory in the opener threw the Western Big 6 title race
into a tie with only Saturday's doubleheaders remaining.
With their third loss, U.T. joins Moline and Rock Island at
5-3 in league play. The Streaks needed a sweep to get in the
thick of things, but with the split, the stand 3-5 heading
into Saturday's doubleheader with Quincy.
Chad Humes drove
in one of GHS' runs in the opener. The Streaks scored solo
tallies in the sixth and seventh innings.
In the nightcap, U.T. jumped out to a 4-0 lead through three innings. The
Streaks scored three runs in the top the fourth to cut the
deficit to 4-3, but then allowed the Panthers to push three
runs across in the bottom of the frame. Those U.T. runs were
decisive as GHS could only manage a pair of runs their final
at bat. Nolan Crain took the pitching loss for the Streaks.
Neil VanderWyst shut down the Panthers in the final two
innings, but his teammates couldn't come up with the runs
needed to pull off the comeback.
A.J. Fields hit
two homeruns
to lead the Streaks at the plate. Fields drove in four runs
in the contest and Robbie Hinkle, one. GHS and U.T. both had
eight hits in the nightcap.
Thursday, the Streaks will host
U.T. in a non-conference game that will decide the season
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decision to Abingdon |
4/27 - A homerun in the top of
the seventh inning broke a deadlock and sent Abingdon to a
6-5 victory over GHS' varsity reserves, Thursday at Sundberg
Field.
GHS had taken the lead with a three-run lead
with a four-run third inning, but couldn't hang on as the
Commandoes tied the score in the sixth and took the lead in
the seventh.
The loss was the first
of the season for the GHS reserves as they fell to 2-1 against local Class A
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Moline's
big inning too much for Streaks |
4/26 - Ouch! A 10-run second
inning for Moline proved to be the downfall for GHS' varsity
baseball team, here Wednesday, in a 12-7 non-conference
loss.
The visiting Maroons sent 13 men the plate and hit
three homeruns in the big uprising that took them from a 4-0
deficit to a lead they would never relinquish. The Streaks
held their own the rest of the way, but couldn't plate
enough runs to mount a comeback.
With the loss, GHS' varsity
saw their season record evened at 9-9. They will try again
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.500 mark Saturday when they travel to East Moline for
a Western Big 6 doubleheader against United Township.
In Wednesday's game things started out nicely for
the Streaks, before turning sour. GHS had four straight hits
in their side of the first inning and took advantage of a
couple big Moline fielding errors to score four runs.
An
error on a routine ground ball began what would be a
disastrous top of the second inning for the Streaks. Moline
took advantage with a double and follow-up homerun by James
Hoyt. In a matter of minutes, GHS' lead had evaporated to
4-3. Another error and a single set the stage for the
next Maroon homer. This time, Matt Bruhn drove one over the
fence for three more runs and a 6-4 Moline lead. A walk and
two doubles later, Hoyt returned to the plate and promptly
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Still reeling from
the shock of the big inning, the Streaks recovered enough to
score a pair of runs in the bottom of second. Back-to-back
hits by Chad Humes and A.J. Fields cut the deficit to 10-6.
Unfortunately for the Streaks only one more run would cross
the plate, while Moline would add solo tallies in the third
and sixth frames. Tyler Leihenseder's sacrifice fly scored
Corey Clay in the bottom of the sixth.
Four pitchers saw
duty on the mound for GHS. starter Zach Ricketts was tagged
with the loss. He allowed seven runs (only two earned) on
five hits in one and a third innings. Ryan Painter pitched
three and two-thirds innings, giving up five more runs on
five hits. Leihenseder pitched the sixth and Robbie
Hinkle, the seventh.
Moline out-hit the Streaks 11-9. Seven
of the Maroons' hits were for extra bases. Billy Herrin, Humes, Fields and Ben Ascher had two hits each for GHS. Clay
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Western Big 6
Streaks
salvage split with Alleman |
4/22 - A
three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh allowed GHS'
varsity baseball team to escape with a doubleheader split,
here Saturday, against Western Big 6 foe Alleman.
The 8-7
win in the nightcap rescued the Streaks from what had been a
frustrating day. Despite a strong pitching performance in
the opener, the GHS boys dropped the opener 4-2 and had it
not been for the late rally, they were looking at falling
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the split, the Streaks moved to 2-4 in
league play and 9-8, overall. Alleman also moved to 2-4 in conference and stand 12-5,
overall.
In the first game of the day, Kyle Hunter tossed a
three-hit complete game for GHS, but came up on the losing
end of a 4-2 score. The sophomore lefthander struck out 11
men and walked none, but fell victim to the long ball as two
the Pioneers' hits were homeruns, including three-run shot
by Caleb Rangel that proved to be decisive.
Alleman scored
first in the second inning of the opener on a homerun by
Tanner Holgate. The Streaks matched that score with a run
of their own in the bottom of the frame as Kyle Krisher reached
on a error and eventually scored on Corey Clay's ground
ball. In the third, back-to-back fielding errors set the
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and Rangel took
advantage to give the Pioneers a 4-1 lead with one swing of
the bat. From that point until the bottom of the sixth Alleman's three-run lead stood.
In the
sixth, GHS took advantage of three Pioneer fielding errors
to add another run. Unfortunately for the Streaks, a two-run
deficit would be as close as they would get.
Andy Doyle
picked up the pitching victory for Alleman despite having to
deal with his teammates' five fielding errors. He scattered
five hits, struck out eight and walked two. Both runs surrendered
were unearned.
Ben Ascher, Mike Hoosen, A.J.
Fields, Chad Humes and Tyler Leihenseder all had hits in the
first game. Humes' baserap was a double.
The nightcap
started out promisingly for the Streaks as they scored
first, but then things turned sour before they mounted a
comeback that would come down to the final out.
A double by
Mike Hoosen turned into GHS' first run in the bottom of the
second inning. He scored on a wild pitch after advancing to
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scoreboard with a pair of runs. Andy Rhodes doubled in
both runs after Doyle and Rangle each singled.
Alleman
really found their groove at plate in the top of the fourth
with two triples and a double. They scored five runs to take
a 7-2 lead. After the falling behind in the fourth, Streak
coach Arnie Gonzalez reminded his team there was plenty of
time left to catch the Pioneers. His encouragement proved
prophetic.
The Streaks responded in their side of the fourth
with three runs to cut the deficit to 7-4. Fields walked
with one out and scored on Hoosen's double. Corey Clay
followed with another double, driving in Hoosen A single by
Hunter plated Clay. GHS got another run in the fifth as
Humes singled with two outs and scored on Fields' double.
The Streaks got a couple of runners on in the sixth, but
could not score, leaving the score 7-5 heading into
their final at bat. While relief pitchers Krisher and Robbie
Hinkle held Alleman in check, the locals made their final at
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Leihenseder singled to open the bottom of the
seventh. One out later, Fields singled. Hoosen was hit by a
pitch to load the bases. With two outs, Hunter drew a walk
to force home Leihenseder. Mike Nichols smacked a pop fly to
left field that nobody catch. Both Fields and Hoosen raced
home to give GHS the victory.
Hinkle picked up the pitching
victory. Nolan Crain started the game, but was chased in
fourth. Krisher took the game into the sixth, before Hinkle
came on the get the final five outs. Hoosen, Fields and
Humes had two hits each to lead the 10-hit GHS attack.
Leihenseder, Hunter, Clay and Nichols had one apiece.
Tuesday, the varsity Streaks will host Washington and
Wednesday they will entertain Moline. Both will be
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Streaks
rock Peoria Woodruff 14-7 |
4/20 - GHS' varsity baseball
team achieved many of the things they hoped to accomplish
Thursday against Peoria Woodruff, beginning with a 14-7
non-conference victory.
The Streaks pushed their season
record above the .500 mark (8-7), hit the ball hard and got
everyone some playing time. It wasn't a "perfect"
performance as coach Arnie Gonzalez' crew committed three
errors and struggled on the mound at times, but overall,
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their
second win in a row and may have some momentum heading
into Saturday's Western Big 6 doubleheader with Alleman.
Zach Ricketts picked up the
pitching victory, despite a rocky five-run Woodruff uprising
in the third inning. He allowed solo runs in the fourth and
fifth before receiving relief help from Kyle Krisher, who
held Woodruff in check for one and a third innings. Robbie
Hinkle, who made his first appearance of the season, came
on to pitch a three-up-three-down seventh.
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eight-run second
inning. The Streaks had nine hits in the frame, including a
triple by Corey Clay and doubles by Mike Nichols, Tyler Leihenseder
and Chris Elliott.
Woodruff could not catch GHS, but made
things interesting with five runs in the top of the third.
The big blow for the Warriors was a two-run homer by Zack
Gutierrez. The Streaks plated a solo run in the bottom of
the third to make the score 9-5.
Woodruff inched closer with
solo runs in the fourth and fifth, before GHS knocked in
four runs in their side of the fifth and one more in the
sixth.
Clay led the Streaks with three hits. Chad Humes and
Mike Nichols had two each. A.J. Fields, Elliott, Mike Hoosen,
Leihenseder and Kyle Hunter had one hit apiece. |
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survive to clip Morton 10-8 |
4/18 - (MORTON) It did not come
easy, but GHS' varsity baseball team got the final out with
the potential tying runs in scoring position for Morton in
their final at bat to preserve a 10-8 non-conference
road victory.
Chad Humes powered the 12-hit Streak attack
with a three-run homer. GHS scored five runs in the
fourth inning to take command.
The Streaks, who showed some sloppy glovework
at times, simply out-scored the Potters to bring their
season record to 7-7. Morton fell to 4-10 on the season. |
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Wild win
for Streak reserves at United |
4/17 - (ALEXIS) It was one of
those games where anything could happen. GHS' varsity
reserves took a five-run lead into the bottom of the seventh
at United, Monday, and escaped with a 13-12 victory.
The
Streaks broke an 8-8 deadlock through six innings in a game
that saw both teams hit for double figures and boot the ball
around in the field. Chris "Kong" Elliott crushed two home
runs and drove in six runs to lead the Streaks. GHS had 15
hits in the contest.
GHS' reserves will join the rest of the
varsity crew, Tuesday, when they travel to Morton for an
important non-conference contest with Sectional seeding
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day for Streaks in Western Big 6 |
4/15 - As far as the weather
was concerned, Saturday, it was far and away the best day of
the season. Unfortunately for the members of the GHS varsity
baseball team, Saturday was a day they would prefer to
forget.
Rock Island swept a Western Big 6 doubleheader from
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With the double-hit, GHS' conference record slipped to
1-3. They are 6-7, overall. Rock Island, which split
last weekend with Alleman, moved to 3-1.
Perhaps
the most painful loss for the Streaks came in the
opener when they wasted a strong pitching performance
by Kyle Hunter and literally "gave" the contest away
via fielding errors. Rock Island scored solo runs in
the first and second innings and held the lead until
the Streaks tied it up in the fifth.
A walk and error helped the Rocks break through in the
top of the first. Drew Davis cracked a first-pitch
homer over the left field fence to lead off the second
inning. Hunter then shut the visitors down until the
final frame.
GHS hit the ball,
but were not able to get to Rocky starting pitcher
Kyle Simpkins until the fourth inning. With one out,
Chad Humes doubled. He scored one out later on an RBI
single by Kyle Krisher. In the fifth, Ben Ascher
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one out, stole
second and scored on Billy Herrin's single. GHS missed a
opportunity to take the lead in the sixth as Humes led-off the frame with
another double. He advanced to third, but was stranded
there. Mike Nichols also reached that inning on a walk and
stole second to leave two men in scoring position when the
threat ended on a strikeout.
Rock Island's Josh Gibb opened
the top of the seventh with a single. On Tyler Allison's
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bases and
the Rocks' Kyle Anderson drove a sacrifice fly to deep
center to give his team the go-ahead run. Another
sacrifice by Davis gave the Rocks a two-run lead they
would not relinquish.
Hunter took the loss, despite allowing only four
hits. He walked six. GHS finished with six hits, with Humes
leading the way with his two doubles. Herrin, Krisher, Corey
Clay and Ascher had the other hits.
Rock Island took a 4-0
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They added two
more in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth,
before putting the contest away with five in the sixth. The
Streaks plated a solo run in the second and a pair in both
the fourth and fifth innings. They added one more in the
bottom of the seventh.
Only two of Rocky's four runs in the second inning were earned. GHS
committed just three errors in the contest, but each came at
a critical moment. Humes had another strong offensive
performance in the nightcap for the Streaks. He reached base
every time, scored four runs and went two-for-two, walk two
walks. Mike Hoosen also had two hits and scored two runs.
Nichols had two and an RBI. Cory Myler had a double and
Krisher and Ascher, one hit apiece. Rock Island finished
with 14 hits and committed no errors.
Nolan Crain took the
pitching loss for the Streaks. He threw three innings and
allowed six runs on seven hits. Herrin pitched two innings,
allowing five more Rocky runs on three hits and Zach
Ricketts finished the contest, pitching two innings and
allowing three runs.
Tuesday, the Streaks will try to
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inning powers Streaks past Pekin 10-0 |
4/13 - A walk-off two-run homer
by A.J. Fields gave GHS' varsity baseball team a 10-0
five-inning victory over Pekin, here Thursday.
With the
non-conference win, the Streaks moved their season record to
6-5, heading into
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Western Big 6 doubleheader at home against Rock
Island.
Through the first three innings,
it did not look like it was going to be a run-shortened
game, in fact the contest was scoreless. GHS finally broke
through with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. With
two out, Cory Myler drew a walk. Ben Ascher followed with a
single and Tyler Leihenseder walked to load the bases. Mike
Nichols then doubled to ignite the rally.
In the bottom of
the fifth, Pekin could not get out of the inning. A Chad
Humes single led things off. He advanced to second on a wild
pitch and Chris "Kong" Elliott singled Humes in. A hit batter
and another walk set the table for
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Leihenseder's two-out,
two-run single. An error on Nichols' fly ball to center
brought in pair of runs and Fields followed the walk-off
"dinger".
Kyle Krisher enjoyed the offensive support as he
picked up the pitching victory. He worked five inning,
scattering six hits and striking out one.
GHS managed eight
hits in the contest. Leihenseder and Humes had two apiece.
Nichols, Fields, Elliott and Ascher chipped in one each.
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Streaks top Bushnell-Prairie
City/Avon 8-3 |
4/11 - Tuesday's non-conference
game against Bushnell-Prairie City/Avon gave some of GHS'
varsity baseball players, who hadn't seen extensive action
this season, a chance to show their stuff. The reserves responded
with an 8-3 victory at Sundberg Field.
Chris "Kong" Elliott
and Zach Ricketts both went deep to power the Streak offense
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Painter
went four strong innings on the mound to pick up the
win. Tuesday's game was also a "get away" game
for GHS' players as they left with their coaches after the
contest for Chicago to take in Wednesday's Cub game.
With
two out in the bottom of the first inning, Corey Clay
singled and Elliott followed with a thunderous homerun into
the trees behind the Sundberg Field outfield fence. The
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