Junior Cooper Marrs and his Riverside-Brookfield baseball teammates started Metro Suburban Convention Blue motion this season by dropping their first two video games to Wheaton Academy.
The Bulldogs practically got here all the way in which again to win the championship on Might 9.
They took the early lead and have been on their method to their thirteenth straight victory, however St. Francis rallied for the 10-2 victory in Wheaton within the winner-take-all finale.
“For the primary 4 innings, I believed we performed very well after which the wheels type of got here off for the primary time shortly,” mentioned Marrs, the Bulldogs’ beginning pitcher. “That’s solely going to function expertise that’ll assist us additional down the street in even higher-pressure video games.”
The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead within the first on Jake Tyler’s two-run single however then stranded 5 runners over the second and third innings.
St. Francis pulled forward with a five-run third that included a run-scoring double, three run-scoring singles and a run-scoring error. They added 4 runs within the fourth.
Ryan Novak, who had two of the Bulldogs’ six hits, and Wes Deason doubled.
“We got here out able to play. We had an opportunity to type of do some harm. They type of flipped the script on us and ran away with it,” RBHS coach Mark Ori mentioned.
The Bulldogs had pressured a first-place tie by profitable 4-0 the day past behind a mixed two-hit shutout by profitable pitcher Wyatt Murphy (5 strikeouts in 6 innings) and Novak. RBHS and Wheaton Academy tied for second with the Warriors getting the tiebreaker primarily based on their season sweep.
“We performed nice the day earlier than [against St. Francis], all elements, and we got here out with that very same type of hearth and we weren’t capable of restrict the harm within the one inning,” Ori mentioned. “We wished to win convention but it surely’s [state] playoffs that actually issues.”
The Bulldogs bounced again by beating Timothy Christian 12-3 on Might 11 and Plainfield Central 8-5 on Might 13.
Marrs had an enormous sport towards Plainfield, going 5 for five with a first-pitch three-run homer within the ninth inning. Deason had two RBIs and Marrs and Joey Garvey scored twice. Carter Duda (4 innings) received in aid of starter Robert Drake.
“I put in loads of work within the offseason hitting and pitching,” Marrs mentioned. “It’s good to see all of that paying off for us proper now.”
Towards Timothy Christian, RBHS pulled away with an eight-run sixth to pad a 4-3 lead. Jacob Cruz was 3 for 4 with a double. Tyler and Jaden Deppe, who every had two hits, and Deason (3 RBIs) additionally doubled. Successful pitcher Kevin Cronin labored 4.1 innings.
The Bulldogs are the No. 6 seed within the IHSA Class 4A Mt. Carmel Sectional and open St. Rita Regional play towards No. 12 Morton at 4:30 p.m. on Might 25. The regional ultimate is at 11 a.m. on Might 27 towards No. 3 St. Rita or No. 14 Curie with the winner advancing to the sectional semifinal at 4:30 p.m. on June 1.
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