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Circle One:
Baseball
Small ball carries New
Trier past Highland Park
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
When runners are in
scoring position, most
baseball players would
like to drive them in with
a big hit.
But being able to bring
runners in on sacrifice flies
or on groundouts is just as
important a way for a baseball
team to score runs.
Tuesday, April 9, New
Trier took a big step forward
in that regard winning
their opening Central
Suburban League conference
game of the season
11-2 over Highland Park.
The visiting Trevians
put up six runs in the top
of the first inning, initially
through small ball and
then with the long ball.
Patrick Jodloman was
hit by a pitch with the
bases loaded putting New
Trier (6-4) on the board.
He was the third straight
batter hit by a pitch. Sam
Harvey’s sacrifice fly increased
the lead to 2-0 and
then an infield hit by Donald
Stricklin added another
run.
“We did a good job
moving runners over and
bringing them home,”
New Trier coach Mike Napoleon
said. “We’ve struggled
to this point bringing
runners in the way we
did today. So we’ve been
preaching about how important
scoring runs on
outs can be. We also didn’t
strike out much today and
didn’t have many popups.
So having those things
along with some miscues
on their side allowed us to
take advantage when we
had runners on base.”
New Trier didn’t score
just on the fundamental
plays either. Eddie Harvey
broke the game open in the
first crushing a three-run
home run to left field.
“I had been battling and
fouling balls off in the atbat,”
Eddie Harvey said. “I
got a pitch that I was able
to stay on a little longer
and once I got a hold of it,
I could tell it was gone.”
John Miller’s RBI
groundout allowed New
Trier to tack on another
run in the second. Jodloman’s
RBI double made it
8-0 in the fourth. The variety
of ways the Trevians
brought in runs continued
in the fifth as Brett Johnson
reached on an error
that scored Stricklin. Eddie
Harvey then scored when
Henry Pelinski grounded
into a double play.
“Honestly it wasn’t just
the fact that we brought
runners in through a variety
of ways, it was that we
kept it up the whole game,
even after the first inning,”
Eddie Harvey said. “We
put ourselves in scoring
position so if we had flyouts
or groundouts, we
still had a chance at adding
more runs.”
It also wasn’t just the
offense that stood out.
Pitcher Andrew Kost had a
no-hitter through four-and
two-thirds innings before
the Giants’ Jason Bernstein
broke it up with an
infield hit. Sammy Dubin
put Highland Park on the
board with a two-run single.
But Kost only allowed
three hits and walked
two with five strikeouts
through five innings.
“Andrew was locked in
and he kept getting better
as the game went on,”
Eddie Harvey said. “He’s
a very strong pitcher and
someone we’ve been able
to rely on when he’s out
there.”
“He got out of some situations
early in the game
and then in the middle innings
he was great,” Napoleon
said. “He almost had
a no-hitter. It was a really
strong performance. Our
pitching and defense have
led us and hopefully we
took a step forward today
on offense with how we
were able to bring in runners.”
Highland Park (5-6) got
in a big early hole. But the
Giants appeared to settle
down for a couple of innings.
The issue for the Giants
is being able to string
together strong innings.
“We’ll have a couple of
innings both defensively
and at the plate where
we’re playing well. But we
haven’t really been able
to keep that going for the
entire game,” Highland
Park coach Jason Newburger
said. “You have to
be consistent if you want
to compete in a conference
as good as this one.”
Offensively for a good
portion of the game, the
Giants were able to get
some runners on but
couldn’t move them over.
“We had a lot of innings
where we stung the baseball
really hard but just
hit it in the wrong spots,”
Newburger said. “I liked
that we kept fighting and
were able to put a couple
of runs up late.“