Baseball News Archive

Galesburg, IL 05-04-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team swept Dupage in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.  The scores were 10-7, and 8-7.  The wins move Sandburg's overall record to 24-14.
Game 1
Pitching: Hornick: 3IP   7R   7ER   8H   2BB   3K
Gaumer(W):  4IP   0R   3H   0BB   5K
Hitting: Boore: 1-3  2RBI, Gauley:  1-4  2B, RBI
Grimmett: 1-4 RBI, Kohl: 2-4  2 2B, RBI, Fernetti: 0-4
Ascher: 1-4  2B, Oelman: 1-3, Porter: 2-3  2RBI
Clark: 1-3  2B, RBI

Galesburg, IL 04-28-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team won 2 games on Monday against Kishwaukee.  Sandburg won the first game by a score of 7-6.  The Chargers won game 2 by a score of 7-4.  This moves Carl Sandburg's overall record to 19-13, with a conference record of 13-3.  Sandburg playes BlackHawk on Tuesday in a big conference matchup.

Game 1
Pitching: Johnston (W): 6IP   6R   4ER   9H   4BB   8K
Krisher (SV): 1IP   0R   1H   0BB   2K

"Today was a big day for our club.  We took one more big step closer to a conference championship.  We are now 13-3 in the conference and still in first place by a couple of games with only 4 to go for us.  So we hold our fate in our own hands.  That is a good place to be, but we still have to go out and play very good baseball the rest of the way out.  We just have to take one game at a time.  The best part about it is we have not been playing anywhere close to our best baseball the last couple of weeks, but we are still winning on a consistant basis.  Before the postseason starts we will be on top of our game and ready to go.  Good teams find ways to win even if they are not playing well.  That is exactly what we are doing right now.  Everybody on the team is contributing right now, that is great to see.  The guys are hungry right now, we want it really bad and it shows."

Moline, IL 04-26-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team split a double-header at Black Hawk on Saturday.  Sandburg won game 1 by a score of 5-2.  Sandburg lost game 2 by a score of 5-2.  This moves Carl Sandburg's overall record to 17-13.  They also remain in first place in the Arrowhead Conference win an 11-3 record.

Game 1
Pitching: Harlan (W): 7IP   2R   2ER   9H   2BB   6K
Hitting:
Boore: 0-2  BB
Gauley:  0-2  BB, HP, R
Grimmett: 1-4  R
Kohl: 1-4   2B, RBI, R
Fernetti: 1-3   2B
   Gaumer: 1-1   RBI, R
Ascher: 1-2   2BB, R
Oelman: 1-3  RBI, BB
Porter: 0-2  RBI, Sac, BB
Clark: 0-3  BB

"Today was a day for pitching.  Both teams had two pitchers each that threw the ball really well today.  Really the only reason either team scored today was because of walks and poor defense.  There was absolutely no hitting today.  We mustered only 7 hits in two ball games.  That is just not going to get it done, but our pitching gave us a chance to win 2 ballgames.  We have to do a better job of scratching and clawing to find a way to get on base when we are not hitting well.  I was not happy with our at bats today.  Our guys were so hot for so long at the plate it is weird to see us not hitting at all.  The good thing about it is that we are still winning games, and giving ourselves chances to win games every time out.  That is a sign of a good team, which we are.  The bats will come back around, I am not worried about that."

Galesburg, IL 04-23-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team split a double-header on Wednesday at home against Illinois Valley.  Sandburg lost the first game by a score of 3-0, and won game 2 by a score of 10-0.

Game 1
Pitching Oelman (L):  7IP   3R   2ER   7H   4BB   8K 
Hitting:
Boore: 0-2  BB
Gauley: 0-2  BB
Grimmett: 1-3
Kohl: 0-3
Fernetti: 0-2  BB
Ascher: 0-3
Porter: 0-2
Krisher: 0-2
Clark: 0-2 

"Our bats finally got quiet in the first game.  That is the game of baseball though, on any given day a pitcher can dominate a ballgame.  That is what happened to us in game one.  Pete Oelman threw a great game, it is too bad that we could not get him any run support.  We did what good teams do in game two.  We did not let the first game get our confindence down and came out and played almost flawless.  Jake Genz was outstanding on the mound.  The offense got back on track and put up 10 runs in 5 innings.  This showed what this ball club is made of.  I am proud of the guys and we are looking forward to tommorrow."  T.J. Lindburg

Galesburg, IL 04-20-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball won two games on Sunday at Illinois Valley.  This moves Sandburg's overall record to 15-11 and a conference leading record of 9-1.

Game 1   C.S.C.- 11    IVCC- 2
Pitching: Hornick:  7IP   2R   1ER   7H   1BB   2K 
Hitting:
Boore: 2-5  RBI, 2R
Gauley: 1-5  3B, RBI, 2R
Grimmett: 3-4  RBI, BB, 2R
Kohl: 1-4  HP, R
Fernetti: 4-5  2B, 3RBI, 2R
Ascher: 3-5
Porter: 1-3  RBI, BB
Krisher: 1-4  RBI, R
Clark: 1-4  2RBI, R, SB

"We have been playing pretty good baseball lately.  Our offense continues to carry us with putting up runs at an unbelievable rate.  With solid pitching efforts as well we are a tough team to beat right now.  Our confidence is very high right now and it will be important to keep it up throughout the remainder of the season.  Right now everybody on the team is chipping in when needed.  The guys just keep finding ways to win ball games, and putting teams away late in ball games."

Galesburg, IL 04-17-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball won by a score of 14-1 against Knox JV on Thursday afternoon.  This moves Sandburg's overall record to 13-11.

Pitching: Johnston (W):  5IP  0R   2H   2BB   5K
Genz:  2IP   1R   0ER   2H   0BB   3K
Hornick: 1IP   0R   0H   1BB   1K
Grimmett: 1IP   0R   0H
Hitting: 
Boore: 1-6  2RBI, R
Gauley: 2-4  2RBI, BB, R
Grimmett: 3-5  HR, 3RBI, BB, 2R
Kohl: 1-5  2B, BB, 2R
Fernetti: 2-3  HR, 2RBI, HP, R
Krisher: 1-1  HR, 2RBI, HP, R
Ascher: 1-3  2R
Gaumer: 1-3
Porter: 1-1  2BB, R
Rademaker: 0-2  BB
Oelman: 0-1  2BB, HP, R
Harlan: 0-2
Clark: 0-1  2RBI, 2HP, 2R, 2SB
McCollum: 1-3

Galesburg, IL 04-15-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team won two more games on Tuesday at Kishwaukee.  The score of the first game was 13-3 in 5 innings, and game two was 12-9.  This moves Sandburg's overall record to 12-11, and a conference record of 7-1, which puts Sandburg in first place in the Arrowhead Conference at this time.

Game 1
Pitching:
Harlan (W):  5 IP   3R   3ER   7H   1BB   1K
Hitting:
Boore: 0-3  BB, R
Gauley: 1-4  2RBI, R
Grimmett: 2-4  2 2B, 3RBI, 2R
Kohl: 2-3  HR, 2RBI, BB, 3R
Fernetti: 1-3  HR, 3RBI, R
Ascher: 2-3  2B, RBI, R
Porter: 1-2  HP, R
Gaumer: 1-3  R
Clark:  1-3  2R, SB
 Game 2
Pitching:
Oelman (W):  4.1 IP   7R   5ER   6H   1BB   0K
Krisher (SV):  2.2 IP   2R   1ER   5H   0BB   1K

Hitting:
Boore: 3-4  2RBI,  BB, 3R
Gauley: 2-5  3B, 2RBI, R
Grimmett: 4-5  3B, 3RBI, 2R
Kohl: 2-5  RBI, R
Fernetti: 0-2  3BB, R
Ascher: 0-4  2RBI
Porter: 1-4  RBI, R
Gaumer: 0-4  R
Clark: 2-3  RBI, HP, 2R 

Freeport, IL 04-14-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team won two games on Monday at Highland.  The scores were 11-2, and 3-2.

Game 1
Pitching:
Hornick (W):  6 IP   2R   1ER   3H   4BB   6K
Grimmett:   1IP   0R   0H   2BB   1K 
Leading Hitters: 
Grant Grimmett:  3-5  2 2B, 2RBI
Ryan Kohl:  3-4  HR, 2RBI
Jeff Gauley:  2-4  2RBI

"It was nice to finally get back outdoors and play some ball.  We picked up two more conference wins and we are now sitting at 5-1 in the conference.  These games really helped us going into a tough conference double-header on Tuesday at Kishwaukee.  Hopefully we can keep playing solid baseball and make some noise in the conference"

Glen Ellyn, IL 04-06-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team split a doubl-header on Sunday at Dupage.  Sandburg lost the first game by a score of 5-4 in extra innings.  Sandburg won game two by a score of 12-2 in 6 innings.

Game 1
Pitching
Johnston:  5 1/3 IP   4R   3ER   9H   2BB   5K
Krisher-L:  1 2/3 IP   1R   1ER   3H   1BB   1K 
Hitting
Boore: 1-3  2BB
Gauley: 0-5  RBI
Kohl: 1-3  HR, RBI, R, BB
Grimmett: 1-3  R, BB
Fernetti: 2-4
Ascher: 1-2  R, Sac, BB
Porter:  2-3  R, BB
McCollum: 0-2 RBI
Oelman: 1-2
Clark: 1-3 RBI, BB, SB 

 "We played pretty good baseball throughout the day.  In game one we let some chances get away from us, and we just did not execute in the clutch.  The little things hurt us in the first ballgame.  We did give ourselves a chance to win the game though, which is a positive.  I think the outcome of the first game got to the guys somewhat, because we came out and did everything right in game 2.  This was without a doubt the best ball we have played all year.  Dupage is a very good ball club, and we just completely took them out of the game.  We are capable of playing like that, and hopefully the guys remember what that feels like.  When we play like that, I will take our chances against anybody that we will face.  We had two freshman starters today that stepped up and threw the ball as well as I have seen them yet.  I have to tip my cap to both Jake Genz in game 2 and Shawn Johnston in game 1.  Now we just have to carry that momentum into our next games Tuesday at Sauk Valley.  Also, I want to mention that Ryan Kohl now has 5 home runs early on this season"

Galesburg, IL 04-05-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team won the first game of a double-header against Sauk Valley by a score of 7-3.  The Chargers dropped game 2 by a score of 19-8.
Game 1
Pitching
Harlan-W   7IP   3R   3ER   9H   4BB   8K 
Hitting
Boore: 2-4  2R
Gauley: 1-3  2RBI, 1R
Kohl: 1-3  HR, 2RBI, 2 R
Grimmett: 3-4  2B, 2RBI
Fernetti: 1-2  2BB
Radosevich: 1-3  RBI, BB
Porter: 1-4
McCollum: 1-3
Clark: 1-2  HP, 2R, SB 

  "We played really good baseball in the first game.  Drew Harlan threw his second complete game in a row.  He was great for us today.  We also got a lot of big hits in the first game.  It is tough to get the middle of our order out right now, that makes it tough on opposing pitchers.  The second game we just played bad baseball and the score showed that.  We let the game get out of hand early, and didn't even give ourselves a chance.  We are 3-1 in the conference to start which is a major positive.  We have still won 5 out of 6 games, so I expect us to put game 2 behind us and go back to work"

Palos Hills, IL 03-30-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team won two games on Sunday against Moraine Valley.  The score of the first game was 4-2, and the score of game 2 was 15-2.

Game 1 
Pitching
Krisher:  7IP   2R   1ER   3H   3BB   2K
Hitting
Gauley-  1-4  2B, 2R
Kohl-  1-4  HR, RBI, 1R
Grimmett-  1-1  3BB, 1R
Fernetti-  2-4  2B, 3RBI
Oelman-  0-4
Ascher-  0-3
Porter-  0-1  2BB
Clark-  0-2  HP, SB

"We played great baseball all day long.  We have some confidence right now after winning 4 games in a row.  I just hope that it carries over to this week.  Our bats finally busted out together in game 2.  I had been waiting for that to happen.  I could see it coming, it was just a matter of time.  We got solid pitching efforts from both starters today, and we played good defense behind them.  Overall this was a great day of baseball, and we are looking to keep building off of this"

Galesburg, IL 3-29-08
The Carl Sandburg College baseball team opened conference play with two wins over Highland.  The score of the first game was 7-0, the score of game two was 6-4.

Game 1
Pitching 
Harlan:  7IP   0R   2H   0BB   5K

"It is nice to open up the conference schedule with two wins today.  We were needing a little pick me up, and we got just that.  Our pitchers attacked their hitters all day and had a lot of success.  Drew Harlan threw a heck of a ballgame in game 1 to set the tone for us, then Brandon Oelman had another solid start for us in game 2.  We actually hit the ball well all day long.  I believe we could have put up a lot of runs today, but a lot of balls were just hit right at the opposition.  I had complete confidence in our ball club for the entire day.  The second game's score was closer than it should have been, but we'll take the win and the sweep.  Also, Grant Grimmett had a huge day for us at the plate, driving in 7 runs in two ballgames while going 5-6.  I hope these wins will give us the confidence to go on a role"  TJ  Lindburg

Galesburg, IL 3-26-08
The Carl Sandburg College Baseball team lost two games to Southeastern on Wednesday.  The score of the first game was 12-2, and game two was 7-4.  Jake Genz took the loss in game one and Shawn Johston took the loss in game two.  This moves Sandburg's overall record to 2-9.

Game 1
Gauley-  0-2
Gaumer-  1-3
Kohl-  1-3
Grimmett-  1-2
Fernetti-  1-3  HR, 2 RBI
Oelman-  0-2
Porter-  1-3
McCollum-  0-2
Clark-  1-2

Galesburg, IL 3-25-08
The Carl Sandburg College Baseball team split a double-header on Tuesday March 25th against Lake County.  Sandburg dropped game one by a score of 13-9, and came back to win game two by a score of 16-11.  This moves Sandburg's record to 2-7 overall.

Game 1
Pitching
Matt Young   4IP   3R   0ER   3H   4BB   3K
Shane Gaumer  (L)    2IP   5R   5ER   5H   1BB   3K
Kyle Krisher   .1IP   3R   3ER   2H   1BB   0K
Jacob Genz   .2 IP   2R   2ER   3H   0BB   0K
 itting
Ben Boore-   1-3   1BB
Jeff Gauley-   1-4   1 3B,  1RBI  1R
Ryan Kohl-   0-2   2BB, 2R
Grant Grimmett-  1-3  1RBI,  1BB, 2R
Bryant Fernetti-   0-2   2BB, 1R
Brandon Oelman-  1-4   1RBI
Ben Ascher-  0-2
Sean McCollum-  0-0   2BB, 1R
Brandon Porter-  2-4   2RBI
Darick Clark-  3-4   1 2B, 1RBI, 2R

Game 2
Pitching
Hornick  4.1IP   9R   2ER   7H   3BB   4K
Oelman (W)   1.2IP   2R   2ER   1H   1BB   1K
Harlan   1IP   0R   0ER   2H   1BB   1K
Hitting
Ben Boore-  2-3  2B, 2BB, 3R
Jeff Gauley-  3-5  2RBI, 3R
Ryan Kohl-  1-4  HR, 3RBI, 1BB, 3R
Grant Grimmett-  0-2  1RBI, 2BB, 2R
Bryant Fernetti-  1-3  2B, 3RBI, 1BB, 1R
Shane Gaumer-  1-3  2RBI
Brandon Porter-  0-3  1BB, 1R
Sean McCollum-  0-2  1RBI, 2BB, 1R
Darick Clark-  2-4   2B, 2RBI, 2R 

Galesburg, IL 3-20-08
The Carl Sandburg College Baseball team played two games against Kankakee on Thursday.  Sandburg lost the first game by a score of 9-6, but then came back to get their first win of the season in game two by a score of 4-3.
Game 1
Drew Harlan-L  (0-2)  4IP  9R  6ER   9H  3BB  3K
Sam Hornick            3IP  0R  0ER   3H  1BB  3K
Jeff Gauley-  0-3  1R  1SB
Shane Gaumer-  1-3  2B  2R  1BB
Ryan Kohl-  1-3  2B  2RBI  2R  1BB
Grant Grimmett-  2-4  2B,HR  3RBI  1R
Bryant Fernetti-  0-2  1RBI  1BB
Ben Boore-  0-2  1BB
Brandon Oelman-  1-3  2B
Brandon Porter-  1-3
Darick Clark-  0-3

"We came out and got a 4-0 lead after the first inning, then allowed them to answer with 4 in the second inning.  Our bats went quiet until the 6th inning and that was the difference in the ballgame.  We allowed the momentum to shift and we just never got it back.  Overall we played well once again, we just could not finish a ballgame.  Against a good ballclub like Kankakee you just can't allow them back into a game, but once again we played hard and I saw a lot of good things".  Head Coach T.J. Lindburg

Game 2
Brandon Oelman-W (1-1)   7IP  3R  3ER  4H  0BB  5K
Jeff Gauley-  0-1  1R  2BB
Shane Gaumer-  1-3
Ryan Kohl-  1-3  HR  2RBI  1R
Grant Grimmett-  0-3
Bryant Fernetti-  1-2  1R  1BB
Ben Boore-  1-3  1R
Ben Ascher-  1-2  1BB
Brandon Porter-  0-2  1RBI  1BB
Darick Clark-  0-2  1RBI

"First of all it is great for us to get our first win of the early season against a good ballclub.  Brandon Oelman pitched a great game for us.  I can't say enough about his effort on the mound today.  He made three mistakes all day and they turned into home runs.  He did not walk a single batter all day and we played solid defense behind him.  I can live with giving up solo home runs, that shows me that a pitcher is attacking the strike zone and coming right after hitters.  Good things happen when you are around the  zone the whole day.  Our guys flat out found  a way to get it done today and I'm pround of them for that.  We had been playing good baseball we just were not putting it all together and we finally did in game 2.  Our bats still have not come around yet.  When they do we will be a very scary ballclub because we have a group of guys with tremendous potential at the plate.  The hitting will come with more time and at-bats for our hitters, but I am very pleased with our plate discipline right now.  I can tell that the guys are starting to see the ball better now.  The win can allow us to relax a little and keep building".

3-18-08
The Carl Sandburg College Men's baseball team opened up last Thursday against Kirkwood Community College.  Carl Sandburg lost the first game by a score of 4-2, and also lost game two by a score of 8-3.  Drew Harlan got the loss in game 1 despite going 5 2/3 innings and allowing one earned run.  Brandon Oelman picked up the loss in game two. 
"The games did not turn out the way we wanted them to, but it was nice to finally get outside and play a couple of games.  Kirkwood is a very nice ball club and we competed with them in every aspect of the game.  We had numerous chances at the plate to come up with a big hit to give us the lead, but we just did not get it done.  It was tough for our hitters because of the fact that this was the first time they had seen live pitching outdoors.  I saw a lot of things that I was pleased with, and that we can build off of".  Head Coach T.J. Lindburg.
The team also traveled to Joliet for three games over the weekend.  Sandburg dropped all three games by the scores of 8-2, 7-3, and 6-5.  Sam Hornick took the loss in game 1, Matt Young in game 2, and Shane Gaumer in game 3.
 "Once again we played pretty good baseball and gave ourselves chances to win ball games, but we let them get away from us in the late innings.  We got decent pitching and solid defense and our bats started to come around a little bit.  We hit a lot of baseballs hard this weekend, but they just didn't fall.  That is the game of baseball sometimes, but overall I am pleased with the way we played.  We have played much better than our record so far.  I give a lot of credit to both Kirkwood and Joliet, they are both very good ballclubs.  We just need time to get going because we have a lot of potential this season to be a very good ballclub.  The guys realize that it is early and these teams we have played already had games under their belt.  Overall I am excited about the rest of the season".