Day Eight - Northbrook, Illinois

We started out slow today but we did manage to come away with two wins. We had to battle back in the last inning of the first game to defeat Elk Grove, 10-6. We then defeated Barrington 13-1.

Game 10: Post 34 - 10 Elk Grove - 6

After two innings of play, Post 34 was trailing by more runs than it had the entire trip. Elk Grove jumped out to a 6-2 lead. Post 34 had scored two runs in the top of the first, after a double by Jacob Bush, single by Tanner Ashcraft, and a double by Garrett Stallings. Elk Grove would score 3 in each of the first two innings mainly on walks and errors.
In the fourth inning, Post 34 would add a run when Austin Dickerson singled in Austin Alexander who had reached on a double. The score would remain 6-4 going into the seventh inning.
In the seventh with two outs, Post 34 managed to score 7 runs. Cameron Sanders led off the inning with a double. With one out Garrett Stallings beat out a possible inning ending double play to put runners at the corners. With two outs, Brandon Tubbs walked and Alexander was hit by a pitch to bring Post 34 within a run. Blake Herren then singled into the four hole to score Stallings from third and Brandon Tubbs from second. Following a walk to Austin Dickerson to again load the bases, Jordan Cooley doubled into right centerfield and scored when Jacob Bush stole second.
Chase Sullivan started for Post 34 and pitched five innings. He struck out four and allowed 5 hits. After a shaky start the first two innings, Sullivan held Barrington scoreless and retired nine of eleven batters he faced.
Jacob Bush came on in relief in the sixth inning to get the win. Bush did not give up a hit and the only runners were a walk in the sixth and an error in the seventh.

Game Eleven: Post 34 - 13 Barrington - 1

Post 34 picked up where they left off by scoring 6 runs in the top of the first against Barrington Post 158. Bush, Sanders, Ashcraft, and Stallings started off the game with hits. That was followed by a walk to Tubbs. A double by Alexander and a single by Herren capped off the scoring.
Post 34 would add single runs in the second and third innings. Ashcraft, who had reached on a walk, scored on Stallings two out double in the second inning. In the third, Herren reached on an error and later scored on a double by Jordan Cooley.
Austin Alexander hit a three run home run in the fourth to score Stallings (single) and Tubbs (double). Herren walked following the home run and later scored on Cooley's second double of the night. In the fifth, Post 34 scored on a Garrett Stallings home run to give Post 34 the 13-1 win.
Terran Cochran threw all five innings for the win.

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