Sunday, June 10, 2012

Oak Park River Forest Wins Illinois 4A Baseball Championship

It was an all West Suburban final in the Illinois High School Association class 4A baseball final as Oak Park River Forest one upped conference rival Lyons Township 4-3 Saturday at Silver Cross Field in Joliet.


With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Oak Park's Jack Picchiotti tripled to lead off the inning.  Lyons intentionally walked the next to batters to get to Mike Brennan who singled in the winning run.  Zachary Weigel got the victory on the mound giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out four.