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Baseball: L-Way North Sings Fifth-Inning Blues
Plainfield North 9, Lincoln-Way North 4. Tigers send 13 batters to the plate and score seven runs in the fifth inning to pull away.
Touching All the Bases: Lincoln-Way North rallied from a 2-0 deficit, scoring three times in the bottom of the third inning and adding another run in the bottom of the fourth to take a 4-2 lead. But that was all washed away in the top of the fifth as Plainfield North knocked out Phoenix starting pitcher Dominic Paolella and batted around en route to notching a 9-4 victory on Saturday.
Patch’s MVP: Plainfield North's Evan Whaley. He led off the third inning, was hit by a pitch and scored. More significantly, though, he started the top of the fifth with a single to start a seven-run rally.
Plainfield North Leaders: Whaley scored two runs. Caleb Kissel went 2-for-4, Brian Evak was 2-for-5 with a triple, Sean Renzi was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks.
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Lincoln-Way North Leaders: A.J. Neufeld went 1-for-3 with a run and a walk. Alex Eaton doubled. Jack Troike added a two-run double.
Quotable I: Lincoln-Way North coach Joe Skarbek on the seven-run fifth for the Tigers: "When a team that good scores seven runs in an inning, that is going to sink you."
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Quotable II: Plainfield North coach John Darlington on the victory. "I think our kids put the ball into play when we needed, ran the bases well and played OK. Not great, but OK."
Team Records: Plainfield North 5-0; Lincoln-Way North 4-2.
What’s Next: Plainfield North hosts Oswego on Tuesday. Lincoln-Way North welcomes Lincoln-Way Central on Tuesday.
