WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS 2012 GAMEDAY BASEBALL NOTES

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TONIGHTS MATCHUP

Will County CrackerJacks (21-11) vs. DeKalb County Liners (20-12)

July 16, 2012 6:00 p.m. Romeoville, Ill. GAMEDAY NEWS AND NOTES

33 & 34

GAMES

2012 SCHEDULE
June 2 June 3 June 6 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 14 June 15 June 16 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 29 July 4 July 5 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 8 July 9 July 13 July 15 July 16 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 31 Aug. 1-2 Aug. 3-5
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Crucial Doubleheader: Tonights doubleheader between the Will County CrackerJacks and the DeKalb County Liners marks the fifth and sixth meetings between the two teams this season. The CrackerJacks are 1-3 against DeKalb this season but they have played all four games against the Liners in Sycamore. If Will County can grab both games from DeKalb tonight, they will reclaim sole possession of first place in the MCL South. The CrackerJacks enter the night in a first-place tie with the Northwest Indiana Oilmen (21-11), who beat the Chicago Zephyrs yesterday courtesy of a walk-off home run. Cardiac Jacks: Trailing 5-3 to the Southland Vikings with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday, Vern Hasty called on Shaun McGraw to pinch hit with the tying run on second base. McGraw delivered, crushing a double to straightaway center field. The CrackerJacks would defeat the Vikings in the 10th, thanks to a suicide squeeze that was perfectly executed by Daniel Nevares. Jake Thomas scored the winning run. Stars Shining: Will Countys three All-Star pitchers have been simply overpowering throughout the season and during the stretch run. Yesterday, Jack Rogalla threw seven innings and allowed just one earned run. Ben Gullo allowed just five hits over 9.2 innings two nights before. Rogalla and Gullo check in with 2.05 and 2.06 earned run averages, respectively, while the third All-Star pitcher Matt Borens has a 2.16 ERA. Leader of the Pack: Mitch Elliott collected another three hits for the CrackerJacks in yesterdays win over the Vikings. His 0.398 batting average leads all MCL hitters. DuPages Joey White is second (0.383).

at DuPage W, 6-5 at DeKalb L, 6-5 at Northwest Indiana W, 12-9 at DuPage W, 8-5 at DeKalb L, 10-9 at DuPage W, 6-1 at DeKalb L, 15-14 at Chicago W, 6-0 at Northwest Indiana L, 4-3 DuPage L, 12-9 Chicago W, 8-1 at Southland W, 18-0 Illinois L, 7-5 at Rockford W, 6-3 Chicago W, 11-3 at Chicago W, 8-1 at Chicago W, 4-3 at DuPage W, 11-2 at DeKalb W, 7-2 at Northwest Indiana W, 14-13 at Illinois L, 9-4 Southland L, 11-9 United States Military All-Stars (Exhibition) T, 5-5 Illinois L, 4-2 Rockford W, 9-5 Rockford W, 12-9 at Southland W, 13-6 at Rockford W, 13-9 Southland L, 4-1 Southland L, 6-0 at Illinois W, 11-4 Southland W, 4-3 Southland W, 6-5 DeKalb 6 p.m. DeKalb 8:30 p.m. Northwest Indiana 7 p.m. at Southland 7:10 p.m. Illinois 7 p.m. DuPage 6 p.m. DuPage 8:30 p.m. Rockford 7 p.m. Illinois 2 p.m. at Southland 7:10 p.m. at Northwest Indiana 7:10 p.m. DuPage 7 p.m. Northwest Indiana 7 p.m. Southland 2 p.m. MCL Playoffs (Semifinals) TBD MCL Playoffs (Semifinals) TBD MCL Playoffs (Championship) TBD

Time/Result

MIDWEST COLLEGIATE LEAGUE STANDINGS

North Division DeKalb County Liners DuPage County Hounds Chicago Zephyrs Rockford Foresters South Division Will County CrackerJacks Northwest Indiana Oilmen Illinois Lincolns Southland Vikings MCL Playoff Standings s - Will County CrackerJacks n - DeKalb County Liners Northwest Indiana Oilmen DuPage County Hounds Illinois Lincolns Southland Vikings Chicago Zephyrs Rockford Foresters z - Clinched Midwest Collegiate League y - Clinched Division w - Clinched Wild Card W 20 18 11 8 W 21 21 16 13 W 21 20 21 18 16 13 11 8 L 12 15 20 27 L 11 11 14 18 L 11 12 11 15 14 18 20 27 PCT 0.625 0.545 0.355 0.229 PCT 0.656 0.656 0.533 0.419 PCT 0.656 0.625 0.656 0.545 0.533 0.419 0.355 0.229 GB 2.5 8.5 13.5 GB 4 7.5 GB 1 3.5 4 7.5 9.5 14.5 STREAK 1W 3W 1L 6L STREAK 3W 6W 3L 2L STREAK 3W 1W 6W 3W 3L 2L 1L 6L LAST 10 7-3 5-5 6-4 1-9 LAST 10 7-3 7-3 4-6 4-6 LAST 10 7-3 7-3 7-3 5-5 4-6 4-6 6-4 1-9

n - Leads MCL North Division s - Leads MCL South Division

Pitching Statistics (sorted by IP) Player G GS Gullo, B 8 7 Rogalla, J 8 6 Borens, M 7 5 Smith, C 8 4 Oczypok, M 5 5 Potts, D 11 2 Ciango, A 5 0 Carden, A 5 0 Pomeroy, K 7 1 Brown, D 5 0 Dunfee, A 3 1 Spracklin, A 1 1 OBrien, J 4 0 Jameson, P 2 0 Grindstaff, M 2 0 Geiger, D 1 0 Munson, C 1 0 Dragoon, R 2 0 Fernandez, J 1 0 Totals 86 32

Will County CrackerJacks Statistics

CG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 IP 50.0 44.0 43.2 30.2 28.0 21.0 12.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 281.2 H 38 42 43 29 36 19 15 13 15 9 12 3 8 2 3 2 0 4 1 294 R 19 23 14 17 23 14 10 12 12 6 8 3 6 1 4 2 0 3 0 177 ER 12 10 10 14 16 11 7 11 9 5 7 2 6 0 4 2 0 3 0 129 BB 21 14 13 14 14 16 6 3 5 6 3 3 12 5 4 2 1 3 0 145 SO 33 51 37 23 29 19 12 10 6 14 7 4 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 257 W 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 L 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 SV 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2B 6 3 7 4 5 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 3B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 ERA 2.16 2.05 2.06 4.11 5.14 4.71 5.11 11.42 9.35 5.40 7.56 3.86 12.46 0.00 18.00 9.00 0.00 27.00 0.00 4.13

Batting Statistics (Sorted by AB) Player P AVG G Elliott, M OF .398 28 Nevares, D IF .347 28 Thomas, J OF .286 28 Vilardo, M IF .333 27 Hull, S OF .288 29 McGraw, S OF .298 26 Lucansky, L IF .275 23 Menken, J OF .226 22 Brown, D IF .351 17 DeJong, P C .208 17 Munson, C IF .208 18 Johnson, A C .188 18 OBrien, J 1B .262 16 Esquilin, E OF .250 9 Brown, J C .235 6 Springmeyer, A IF .067 5 Jameson, P IF .167 6 Hammer, S OF .333 4 Martin, H IF .250 2 Gullo, B P .000 1 Totals .292 32

AB 128 121 119 111 104 94 91 62 57 53 53 48 42 20 17 15 12 12 4 0 1163

R 30 31 28 27 21 15 15 15 13 11 13 12 8 5 3 3 2 1 1 0 254

H 51 42 34 37 30 28 25 14 20 11 11 9 11 5 4 1 2 4 1 0 340

2B 4 11 7 4 6 9 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 69

3B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

HR 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

RBI 27 24 22 22 13 16 19 10 11 11 13 10 4 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 213

BB 13 11 14 10 10 10 7 19 11 3 5 9 10 6 3 0 5 1 0 0 147

HBP 0 2 5 0 6 1 3 3 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28

SO 20 11 14 14 13 16 13 10 8 14 14 12 11 7 5 3 4 7 2 0 198

SF 3 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

SH 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14

SB 19 7 10 17 5 2 6 2 3 0 4 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 83

CS 3 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20

DP 2 4 1 6 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21

E 4 14 1 7 2 0 9 3 4 1 7 4 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 69

Pitching Statistics (sorted by IP) Player G GS Justice, B 10 6 Harrison, L 6 5 Deliz, D 10 3 Provence, D 7 6 Funke, T 8 5 Gault, J 7 4 Strecker, Z 9 2 Taccona, M 9 0 Tomany, J 7 0 Lockwood, E 5 0 Burney, J 4 0 Estevez, B 1 0 Duckworth, M 1 0 Simon, C 1 0 Venditti, C 1 0 Totals 86 31

DeKalb County Liners Statistics

CG 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 IP 44.0 36.2 36.0 34.2 33.2 29.1 18.0 13.0 9.0 9.0 6.1 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 273.2 H 51 29 31 30 46 23 13 13 7 5 5 2 2 0 3 260 R 26 13 20 24 30 15 4 11 5 3 0 0 0 6 2 159 ER 16 7 12 18 19 12 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 6 2 105 BB 24 13 20 21 13 14 3 16 8 4 1 0 0 5 1 143 SO 34 32 16 34 19 34 14 5 7 9 7 1 3 0 0 215 W 4 4 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 L 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 SV 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2B 5 5 11 2 6 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 42 3B 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 ERA 3.27 1.72 3.00 4.67 5.08 3.68 1.50 3.46 2.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.46

Batting Statistics (Sorted by AB) Player P AVG G Duckworth, M OF .284 26 Wallace, B 3B .327 28 Burney, J 1B .253 24 Turner, B 2B .273 24 Estevez, B SS .286 26 Dennehey, C OF .301 28 Venditti, C OF .219 24 Abbott, J OF .306 20 Lockwood, E 1B .293 16 Foulk, A C .218 17 Taylor, D OF .314 16 Hamby, T SS .260 18 Simon, C P .310 16 Risdon, M C .262 14 Tomany, J IF .217 10 Zavala, M C .182 6 Colosimo, A 1B .150 9 Gault, J P 1.000 1 Strecker, Z P .000 1 Totals .275 31

AB 102 101 99 88 84 83 73 72 58 55 51 50 42 42 23 22 20 1 0 1066

R 13 22 16 26 17 19 15 16 14 8 8 5 8 6 2 2 3 0 0 200

H 29 33 25 24 24 25 16 22 17 12 16 13 13 11 5 4 3 1 0 293

2B 4 4 6 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 2 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 47

3B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

HR 0 0 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

RBI 14 12 24 11 12 7 13 4 12 10 9 10 10 5 2 6 2 0 0 163

BB 13 13 9 15 12 10 20 6 11 11 6 8 9 5 4 5 4 0 0 161

HBP 0 7 4 12 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 39

SO 14 18 12 13 15 15 14 13 9 6 11 14 15 3 3 2 7 0 0 184

SF 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15

SH 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 14

SB 14 7 2 11 9 8 3 4 2 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 70

CS 2 0 1 4 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21

DP 0 4 6 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22

E 4 13 0 9 11 4 3 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 60

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No. 13 17 23 26 27 31 35 36 95 96 97 98 99 9 11 19 21 24 33 34 4 7 14 18 20 30 10 15 Name Anthony Ciango Michael Oczypok Kyle Pomeroy Ben Gullo Jack Rogalla Dalton Potts Carter Smith Matt Borens Ryan Dragoon Dave Geiger Joe Fernandez Austin Dunfee Austin Carden Daniel Nevares Landon Lucansky Michael Vilardo Eric Esquilin Derek Brown Case Munson Jacob OBrien Mitch Elliott Shaun McGraw Scott Hull John Menken Adam Springmeyer Jacob Thomas Paul DeJong Andrew Johnson Pos RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP IF IF IF IF Util. IF IF/OF OF OF OF OF OF OF C C B/T R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R Ht. 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-1 5-11 6-3 6-8 6-5 6-6 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-11 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-11 Wt. 180 225 200 215 190 175 200 185 220 200 215 170 215 180 183 190 160 200 183 200 180 190 195 195 162 175 180 College Northern Illinois University University of Alabama Long Island University Eastern Kentucky University Binghamton University Univ. of Tennessee-Martin Univ. of Tennessee-Martin Eastern Illinois University College of Lake County Fort Hays State University Long Island University Shawnee State University Rhodes College Binghamton University University of Missouri University of Pennsylvania Emmanuel College George Washington University University of Missouri Oral Roberts University Xavier University Binghamton University Oklahoma State University Southern Illinois University Southwestern Illinois College Bowling Green State University Illinois State University Army Hometown Woodridge, Ill. Royersford, Pa. La Crescenta, Calif. Lake Zurich, Ill. Oak Park, Ill. Greenfield, Tenn. St. Louis, Mo. Monee, Ill. Antioch, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. Middle Village, N.Y. Pomeroy, Ohio Houston, Texas Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Leawood, Kan. Cary, Ill. Decatur, Ga. Woodstock, Ill. St. Charles, Mo. Tulsa, Okla. Germantown Hills, Ill. Brewerton, N.Y. Bartlesville, Okla. Bartlett, Ill. Wright City, Mo. Litchfield, Ohio Antioch, Ill. Elmhurst, Ill.

Vern Hasty Bob Dernier Mike Vucsko

Manager Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach ROSTER BREAKDOWN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Michael Oczypok.............................................OZEE-pok Daniel Nevares..............................................neh-VAR-es Paul DeJong.....................................................de-YONG John Menken....................................................MAYN-kin Landon Lucansky........................LAN-den lou-CAN-skee Anthony Ciango............................................see-AYN-go Austin Carden....................................................CAR-den Austin Dunfee.....................................................DUN-fee

Illinois..............................12 Minnesota.........................1 California...........................3 Pennsylvania.....................1 Missouri.............................3 Tennessee............,............1 New York............................2 Texas.................................1 Ohio.................................2 Puerto Rico........................1 Oklahoma..........................2 Georgia.............................1 Connecticut.......................1 Kansas..............................1

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No. 28 12 18 21 90 22 20 9 13 6 5 10 17 4 7 11 15 27 1 24 14 2 3 26 Name David Deliz John Gault Luke Harrison Drew Provence Cody Simon Zach Strecker Mike Taccona Brody Justice Tanner Funke Joey Burney Anthony Colosimo Brian Estevez Eric Lockwood Jared Tomany Brent Turner Beau Wallace Justin Abbott Charlie Dennehey Markus Duckworth Demetre Taylor Christian Venditti Matt Risdon Anthony Foulk Michael Zavala Pos RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP LHP IF IF IF IF IF IF IF OF OF OF OF OF C C C B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L L/L R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R L/L S/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R Ht. 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 Wt. 205 200 210 190 210 200 College Wright State University Hinds Community College Indiana University North Greenville University Wright State University University of Kentucky Benedictine University Paris (TX) Community College Old Dominion University Harper Community College University of Hartford Pacific University Kishwaukee College Western Illinois University Hinds Community College Georgetown University Blackhawk Community College North Greenville University Eastern Illinois University Georgetown University Kishwaukee College North Greenville University Rutgers University Hometown Cleveland, Ohio Shreveport, La. Glenview, Ill. Fayetteville, Ga. Berlin Heights, Ohio Louisville, Ky.

6-2 5-11 5-9 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-5 5-10 6-4 6-0 5-8 5-8 6-2

210 180 175 190 190 185 195 180 215 180 240 185 190 170 205

Gloucester, Va. Lake Forest, Ill. Riveredge, N.J. Broomfield, Colo. Bryant, Wis. Normal, Ill. Vicksburg, Miss. Raleigh, N.C. Morrison, Ill. Belmont, N.C. Tampa, Fla. Newtonville, Mass. Mundelein, Ill. Sycamore, Ill. Randolph, N.J.

Mike Siwiec Garrett Jones Austin Siwiec

Manager Assistant Coach Assistant Head Coach