Yorkville baseball a walk-off winner over Oswego East: Wednesday’s Record Newspapers sports roundup

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Baseball

Yorkville 4, Oswego East 3

Colin Griffin singled in Kamden Muell with two outs in the bottom of the seventh as the Foxes (15-12, 8-4) rallied with two in the last inning for the walk-off win in the rubber game of the three-game Southwest Prairie West series. Bryce Baxa’s sacrifice fly scored Justin Giese with the tying run, setting the stage for Griffin’s heroics. Giese and Bodhi Harrison were both 2 for 4 with a run scored for Yorkville and Frankie Pavlik got the win in relief.

Dominic Battista had a triple and a run scored and Jacsen Tucker a run scored and RBI for Oswego East (14-17, 5-7).

Sandwich 10, Woodstock 9

The Indians scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh for the walk-off win after Woodstock had scored five in the top half.

Brady Behringer was 3 for 3 with a double, three runs scored and two RBIs, Jeffrey Ashley was 2 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI and Nick Michalek 2 for 4 with three runs scored for Sandwich (17-14, 12-2).

Minooka 11, Oswego 6

Kam Jenkins hit a solo home run, Donovan Williams went 2 for 4 with a double and run scored and Quinn Stanley 2 for 4 with an RBI for Oswego (19-12, 3-9), which dropped its seventh straight game.

Softball

Plano 2, Yorkville Christian 1

Lindsey Cocks reached on an error, stole third and scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh for a Plano walk-off win.

Cocks scored both of Plano’s runs and Chesney Schimandle struck out four in a complete-game win.

Grace Allgood struck out four and allowed two unearned runs on two hits, and drove in Yorkville Christian’s only run.

Oswego East 12, Plainfield North 5

Danielle Stone’s three-run home run and Allie Gatz’s two-run shot highlighted the Wolves’ eight-run second inning and they went on to a Southwest Prairie West win in Plainfield. Gatz went 3 for 4 with a double, the homer and two RBIs and Stone drove in five runs. Olivia Owles was 3 for 5 with two runs scored.

Oswego 10, Bolingbrook 0

Aubriella Garza struck out six in four no-hit innings and drove in two runs at the plate and Jaelynn Anthony was 2 for 3 with a double and three runs scored for the Panthers (28-1) in Oswego.

Minooka 7, Yorkville 4

Hailey Sweeney doubled in Isla Eidsness with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force a 10th innings, but visiting Minooka scored three in the 10th for the SPC West win.

Brooke Ekwinski and Kayla Kersting homered for Yorkville (17-9, 9-5).

Girls Soccer

Plano 3, La Salle-Peru 1

Taylor Riederer, Bella Prchal and Lamiya House scored goals and Azaleah Salgado had an assist to break Plano’s season assist recod with nine. Abbey Polomchak had six saves in goal for Plano.