Chiefs Erupt for Record-Setting Blowout of Morton

Chiefs Erupt for Record-Setting Blowout of Morton

(Sugar Grove, IL.) - Waubonsee Community College turned in a record-setting performance against Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference foe Morton College. The Chiefs pounded the Panthers 28-3 in seven innings to set a Waubonsee record for margin of victory in a single game. The Chiefs (21-15) scored six times in the bottom of the first and broke the game open with five more runs in the third to take an 12-3 lead. Waubonsee then put up 10 runs in the fourth to go ahead 22-3. The Chiefs added four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth as they tallied 21 unanswered runs before the 10-run after seven innings slaughter-rule went into effect. The 28 runs scored were just shy of the 32 that Waubonsee scored in a windblown 32-25 victory at South Suburban College in 2004. All eleven Chiefs that went to the plate scored at least once and every player drove in at least one run as well. Waubonsee smacked 23 hits, including seven extra base hits. The Chiefs also took advantage of four walks, four hit batsmen and eight errors by the Panthers (7-28).

Needless to say several Chiefs had big offensive days, led by freshmen Garrett Goetz and Justin Sartori. Goetz went 4 for 6 with a pair of doubles, five runs scored and three batted in. The Chiefs' shortstop nearly tied the Waubonsee single- game mark of six runs scored set by Mike Wolf in the aforementioned Chiefs' win at South Suburban in 2004. Sartori finished the game 3 for 4 with five runs knocked in and four runs scored. Cameron Steffen went 3 for 6 with a double, three runs driven in and three runs scored. Cody Rose finished 3 for 6 with a home run, a triple, three runs batted in and two scored. Aaron Lange ripped a double and a triple, knocking in two and scoring twice. Chase Hartleben also smacked a double and scored twice, Keagan Cordone had two hits and scored two times, and Matt Burke also registered a pair of hits. Joshua Meyers and Dolan Nicholson each scored three times. Trevor Wilcox got the win in relief of Mario Magana, allowing only two hits and no runs over the final five innings.