WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS 2012 GAMEDAY BASEBALL NOTES

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TODAYS MATCHUP

Will County CrackerJacks (18-11) at Illinois Lincolns (16-11)

July 9, 2012 3:00 p.m. Joliet, Ill. GAMEDAY NEWS AND NOTES

GAME

30

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 11 July 13 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 31 Aug. 1-2 Aug. 3-5
Date Opponent

Mid-Life Crisis: Will County is currently in the midst of a two game losing streak after dropping both games against the Southland Vikings yesterday, and are only 5-5 in their last ten games. These struggles are coming right in the middle of the season, when the team is fighting for playoff positioning. They also havent beaten a team with a winning record since Wednesday, June 27, when they beat the now first place Northwest Indiana Oilmen. Silent Sunday: After scoring double-digit runs in each of their past three games heading into Sunday, the CrackerJacks put up only one run in the doubleheader against the Vikings. They also combined for only six hits all day and four different Vikings players scored more runs themselves than the CrackerJacks entire team. Pitching Gone Stale: Over the past five games, the CrackerJacks have yet to get a quality start from any of their starting pitchers. They have managed to get 3-2 in that span due to some great hitting in the victories, but the doubleheader against Southland featured below average pitching, poor hitting, and some struggles fielding the ball as well. Knowing The Enemy: The Illinois Lincolns are right on the CrackerJacks and Oilmens heels for first place in the South Division. In three games against the Lincolns, the Jacks are winless this season. The Lincolns remain the lone team in the MCL the CrackerJacks have yet to defeat, and will look to do so for the first time today. Time for a Break: Today is the last game before a three day allstar break in the Midwest Collegiate League. Six CrackerJacks will be representing the South Division in the All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 11. Last year, the Jacks were 15-9 in MCL play heading into the break, and won their last game before the break.

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 3 p.m. 2012 MCL All-Star Game (Lisle, Ill.) 7 p.m. Southland 7 p.m. Southland 2 p.m. DeKalb (DH) 6 p.m. Northwest Indiana 7 p.m. at Southland 7:10 p.m. Illinois 7 p.m. DuPage (DH) 6 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 Northwest Indiana Oilmen Will County CrackerJacks Illinois Lincolns Southland Vikings MCL Playoff Standings s - Northwest Indiana Oilmen n - DeKalb County Liners Will County CrackerJacks Illinois Lincolns DuPage County Hounds Southland Vikings Chicago Zephyrs Rockford Foresters z - Clinched Midwest Collegiate League y - Clinched Division x - Clinched Playoff Berth W 18 15 9 8 W 19 18 16 13 W 19 18 18 16 15 13 9 8 L 11 15 18 23 L 11 11 11 16 L 11 11 11 11 15 16 18 23 PCT 0.621 0.500 0.339 0.258 PCT 0.633 0.621 0.589 0.448 PCT 0.633 0.621 0.621 0.589 0.500 0.448 0.339 0.258 GB 3.5 8 11 GB .5 1.5 5.5 GB .5 .5 1.5 4 5.5 8.5 11.5 STREAK 1L 1L 1W 2L STREAK 4W 2L 1W 2W STREAK 4W 1L 2L 1W 1L 2W 1W 2L LAST 10 6-4 4-6 6-4 2-8 LAST 10 5-5 5-5 6-4 5-5 LAST 10 5-5 6-4 5-5 6-4 4-6 5-5 6-4 2-8

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

CRACKERJACKS PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER

# 27
Player Rogalla, J

Player Jack Rogalla

G 6 GS 4

Pos. RHP
CG 0 IP 30.0

B/T R/R
H 32 R 14

Ht. 6-1
ER 8

Wt. 190
BB 10

Hometown Oak Park, Ill.

SO 38 W 2 L 2 SV 1 2B 3

College Binghamton
3B 0 ERA 2.40

Pitching Statistics (sorted by IP) Player G GS Borens, M 6 5 Gullo, B 7 6 Smith, C 8 4 Rogalla, J 6 4 Oczypok, M 5 5 Potts, D 11 2 Ciango, A 4 0 Pomeroy, K 7 1 Brown, D 5 0 Dunfee, A 2 1 Carden, A 4 0 Spracklin, A 1 1 OBrien, J 4 0 Jameson, P 2 0 Geiger, D 1 0 Grindstaff, M 2 0 Munson, C 1 0 Dragoon, R 2 0 Fernandez, J 1 0 Totals 79 29

Will County CrackerJacks Statistics

CG 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 IP 41.2 40.1 30.2 30.0 28.0 21.0 11.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.0 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 252.2 H 42 33 29 32 36 19 12 15 9 12 13 3 8 2 2 3 0 4 1 275 R 14 16 17 14 23 14 10 12 6 8 12 3 6 1 2 4 0 3 0 165 ER 10 9 14 8 16 11 7 9 5 7 11 2 6 0 2 4 0 3 0 124 BB 13 18 14 10 14 16 6 5 6 3 3 3 12 5 2 4 1 3 0 138 SO 33 29 23 38 29 19 10 6 14 7 9 4 0 4 1 4 0 3 0 233 W 4 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 L 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 SV 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2B 7 6 4 3 5 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 45 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 ERA 2.16 2.01 4.11 2.40 5.14 4.71 5.73 9.35 5.40 7.88 14.14 3.86 12.46 0.00 9.00 18.00 0.00 27.00 0.00 4.43

Batting Statistics (Sorted by AB) Player P AVG G Elliott, M OF .412 25 Thomas, J OF .304 26 Vilardo, M IF .330 25 Nevares, D IF .340 25 Hull, S OF .271 26 McGraw, S OF .286 23 Lucansky, L IF .276 20 Menken, J OF .236 19 Brown, D IF .358 16 DeJong, P C .216 15 Munson, C IF .196 16 Johnson, A C .200 15 OBrien, J 1B .237 13 Brown, J C .235 6 Springmeyer, A P .067 5 Esquilin, E OF .250 6 Jameson, P IF .167 6 Hammer, S OF .333 4 Martin, H IF .250 2 Gullo, B P .000 1 Totals .293 29

AB 114 112 106 106 96 84 76 55 53 51 46 40 38 17 15 12 12 12 4 0 1049

R 28 27 27 27 19 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 8 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 233

H 47 34 35 36 26 24 21 13 19 11 9 8 9 4 1 3 2 4 1 0 307

2B 4 7 4 9 5 8 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 60

3B 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

HR 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

RBI 26 21 22 23 12 13 17 9 11 11 13 7 4 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 200

BB 11 12 10 10 10 9 5 15 10 3 3 9 9 3 0 5 5 1 0 0 130

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

SO 17 13 13 10 12 15 8 8 8 13 11 10 10 5 3 5 4 7 2 0 174

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

SH 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11

SB 17 8 16 7 5 2 6 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 74

CS 3 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19

DP 2 1 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18

E 4 1 7 10 2 0 8 3 4 1 6 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 62

Pitching Statistics (sorted by IP) Player G GS Mahar, B 6 6 Anderson, E 5 5 Weld, L 4 4 Michelson, T 5 5 Krolikowski, B 5 4 Hamilton, M 7 1 Welvaert, S 10 0 Davis, J 7 0 Clark, B 2 2 Battaglia, A 6 0 Luft, J 5 0 DeGraff, J 4 0 Neumann, B 4 0 Perritt, A 2 0 Moore, T 1 0 Totals 73 27

Illinois Lincolns Statistics

CG 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

IP 36.1 29.2 28.0 24.0 24.0 21.0 17.0 15.1 13.2 9.1 7.2 5.1 4.0 4.0 1.2 241

H 40 27 18 34 27 26 16 17 13 13 7 9 6 4 1 258

R 25 15 11 19 14 20 17 8 4 15 3 8 4 3 3 169

ER 19 13 2 16 10 11 8 7 1 11 3 8 4 3 3 119

BB 12 13 12 13 9 8 12 8 6 12 8 3 0 5 4 125

SO 27 28 27 19 12 17 28 9 15 11 5 7 1 2 0 208

W 1 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15

L 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11

SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4

2B 3 5 2 5 8 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 41

3B 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

ERA 4.71 3.94 0.64 6.00 3.75 4.71 4.24 4.11 0.66 10.61 3.52 13.50 9.00 6.75 16.20 4.44

Batting Statistics (Sorted by AB) Player P AVG G Hipchen, C OF .359 25 Philbin, C OF .269 23 Mahala, K 1B .278 22 Kedroski, S 1B .318 23 Follis, T SS .326 23 Martin, H 2B .239 17 Yesko, Z C .302 19 Hammer, S 1B .226 14 Perritt, A OF .240 12 Cottrell, P 2B .182 15 Bearmon, M LF .233 13 Picchiotti, F 2B .333 15 Hollenbeck, M C .263 10 Cservenyak, S OF .222 7 Banko, K C .167 7 DeGraff, J P .071 4 Timmermen, J 2B .000 4 Luft, J P .000 3 Steward, M OF .000 2 Neumann, B P .286 3 Monaghan, M 3B .200 2 Moore, T 3B 1.000 2 Totals .270 27

AB 103 93 90 88 86 67 63 53 50 44 43 42 38 27 18 14 8 7 7 7 5 1 954

R 30 22 15 14 26 11 15 9 6 9 6 8 7 5 3 0 3 1 1 4 1 0 196

H 37 25 25 28 28 16 19 12 12 8 10 14 10 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 258

2B 13 4 10 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 51

3B 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7

HR 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

RBI 32 9 22 17 15 7 10 6 5 3 7 5 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 158

BB 21 20 17 11 12 7 11 12 4 2 10 4 11 7 4 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 162

HBP 1 3 0 7 2 0 6 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29

SO 18 30 29 7 17 16 10 9 9 9 11 8 5 8 3 2 1 5 3 1 1 0 202

SF 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

SH 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

SB 8 6 1 3 8 3 6 1 7 3 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 58

CS 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

DP 4 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19

E 0 2 9 3 13 7 0 1 0 10 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 58

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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. 18 21 2 11 8 30 13 22 14 26 3 12 19 9 31 20 29 16 6 1 5 23 24 28 17 26 32 10 4 27 15 Name Eli Anderson Anthony Battaglia Ben Clark Jeff Davis Mike Hamilton Brian Krolikowski Ben Krusen Ben Mahar Tomas Michelson Ben Neumann Lee Wald Sam Welvaert Patrick Cottrell Tyler Follis Steve Kedroski Kenny Mahala Hayden Martin Michael Monaghan Travis Moore Frank Picchiotti Jon Timmermen Mark Bearmon Steve Cservenyak Sam Hammer Chris Hipchen Ashton Perritt Conor Philbin Malik Steward Kit Banko Mike Hollenbeck Zach Yesko Pos RHP LHP LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP RHP RHP IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF C C C B/T R/R R/L R/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R L/R R/R L/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R Ht. Wt. College Northern Illinois Wagner North Dakota North Park Joliet Junior College Austin Peay North Central Valparaiso Illinois-Chicago Northern Illinois Southern Illinois Western Illinois Danville Area CC North Dakota Western Illinois Ball State Oral Roberts SIU-Edwardsville Kellogg CC Tampa North Dakota St. Francis UW-Milwaukee Walters State Illinois-Chicago Principia Illinois State Wagner Hometown

Michael Stalter Jason Egli

Manager Assistant Coach