Crystal Lake Cardinals: Cardinals News

Saturday July 18

HOTEL – Comfort Inn

2590 Capital Avenue S.W.

Battle Creek, MI

Tryouts for the 2009 College team will be held on Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31, 2009. Players must be participating in college baseball and must be 22 years old in june 2009. Players 23 years old in June are not eligible.

Saturday May 30 - Crystal Lake Central High School Varsity - 2:00 PM

Sunday May 31 - Prairie Ridge High School Varsity - 10:00 AM 

Fajardo, Puerto Rico - - The Cards finished their trip to Puerto Rico with their sixth win and no defeats. The Cardinals faced the Carolina Royals, the Champions of the U20 Puerto Rico Tournament of Excellence.

Crystal Lake used four pitchers and timely hitting to get the win. Royce Krueger (McHenry County College) pitched the first three innings and allowed three runs. Matt Modlinski (Texas Pan Am) went one and allowed one run, Scott Spinelle (SIU Edwardsville) pitched two with no runs and Ryan Knott closed it with no runs.

For the Cards, Jesse Wight (UNLV) went 2 for 2 with three RBIs, Kurtis Smith (Hofstra) had 2 hits in 3 AB with 1 RBI, Joe Bowens (Creighton) had an RBI double and John Waylock (Muscatine College) had two RBIs.

Naranjo, Puerto Rico - - The Cardinals defeated 10-6 the Turabo Metropolitan University Mets baseball team Thursday night at Naranjo's Community Park. The Mets are the 2007-2008 second place team of the Intercollegiate Athletic League (LAI) of Puerto Rico which is composed of twenty collegiate teams.

Gannon Sadzeck (Rose Hulman) took the win for Crystal Lake after five solid innings of pitching. Derek Eitel (Rose Hulman) and Kyle Kukulski (Elgin Community College) closed the game out.

Puerto scored 1 in the first, but the Cards responded with 3 in the bottom of the first. The Mets took the lead in the top of the second when they scored four runs. The lead would not hold as Crystal Lake responded with four runs of its own in the botton of the second to regain the lead. Sadzeck then controlled the PR bats until the seventh inning when the Mets scored on a solo HR of Kukulski.

For the Cards, Ryan Gathman (UNC Pembroke) went 3 for 3 with a Home Run and 2 RBI's.  John Waylock followed suit with a 3 for 3 performance with a double and 1 RBI. Jesse Wight (UNLV) had two hits in four at bats with one Home Run and three RBIs.   

Fajardo, Puerto Rico - - Cardinals bats exploded for 15 runs in route to the Cards fourth win in Puerto Rico. Cody Beck (NIU) and Scott Spinelle (SIU Edwardsville) pitched for Crystal Lake. Spinelle took over for Beck in the third inning when Beck was hit in the foot by a hard hit ground ball. Spinelle kept PR hitters in check the rest of the game while the Cards offense exploded.

For the Cards Jesse Wight had four hits and three RBI, Chad Rebecca had three hits and Ryan Gathman and Rafael Bombino each had three RBIs. 

Fajardo, Puerto Rico - - The Cardinals won their third straight game 9-1 behind the strong pitching of Ryan Knott (Duke) and Kyle Kukulski (ECC). The Cardinals faced the PR CABA National champions that had just returned from a fourth place finish in South Carolina.

Knott pitched six innings allowing one earned run in the first inning while striking out seven, walking three and scattering three hits. Kukulski came in the seventh inning to close the game out. Kukulski faced four PR hitters allowing one hit and striking out one.

Crystal Lake got on the board in the first inning with a walk to Bryan Rudden, a sacrifice bunt from Chad Rebecca and a single from Jesse Wight driving Rudden in. Puerto Rico tied the game in the bottom of the first without hitting the ball out of the infield. Three walks and a slow fielder choice ground ball were all PR needed to score their lonely run.

The Cardinals scored four in the top of the second inning giving Knott everything he would need to beat PR. Ryan Gathman (UNC - Pembroke) walked. Joe Bowens (Creighton) bunted for a sacrifice but beat the throw when the pitcher doubled clutched the throw. John Waylock singled in Gathman and Rafael Bombino singled in Bowens. Bryan Rudden singled in Waylock after Zach Freudenheim sacrificed Waylock and Bombino over. Bombino scored the fourth run of the inning when Chad Rebecca hit a sacrifice fly to center-right.  Crystal Lake added two runs in the third and two more in the fifth.

Fajardo, Puerto Rico - - The Cardinals won their second game in Puerto Rico behind a solid pitching performance from Will Hebard (Villanova). Scott Spinelle (SIU Edwardsville) closed out the game with a perfect seventh.

The Cards scored two in the second and fourth innings and added a run in the fifth. In the second John Waylock (Muscatine IA) opened with a single and reached second on an errant throw. Rafael Bombino (NIU) got a single thru the infield to bring Waylock in. Bryan Rudden got on base on an error that drove Bombino in.

In the fourth inning, Zach Freudenheim (Hill College TX), opened with a single and was brought home when Chad Rebecca (Stony Bridge) delivered a 2B in the gap. Jesse Wight (UNLV) brought in Joe Dimaggio (UNLV) in for the second run after a Dimaggio's fielder choice.

Hebard pitched six innings with five Ks and only one hit allowed.  Spinelle struck out one and did not allow a hit in closing the game.

Fajardo, Puerto Rico - - The Cardinals won their opening game in Puerto Rico with a final score of 8-3. Derek Eitel (Rose Hulman) pitched the first five innings with Matt Modlinski (Texas Pan Am) throwing the last two.

The Cardinals struck in the first inning with three runs. Bryan Rudden (Southern Indiana) work a walk and then stole second base. Chad Rebecca (Stony Brook Univ) hit a double to score Rudden. Jesse Wight (UNLV) hit a hard liner over the third baseman that scored Rebecca and allowed Wight to get to second base. Wight scored the third run when Ryan Gathman (U.N.Carolina-Pembroke), who had walked, drew a throw in a second base steal attempt.

Joe Dimaggio (UNLV) scored the winning run in the top of the sixth. Dimaggio was hit by a pitch. Wight sacrificed him to second base. Dimaggio advanced to third and Gathman scored him with a ground ball.

The Cardinals scored again four runs in the seventh by combining walks to John Waylock (Muscatine JC Iowa), Rebecca, Wight with hits by Zach Freudenheim (Hill College Texas) and Ryan Gathman.

Derek Eitel had 11 strike outs, 5 walks, allowed 4 hits and 3 runs. Matt Modlinski had 5 strike outs in two innings, 1 walk, 1 hit and no runs.

The Cardinals play a double header on Monday night with the starting pitchers being Will Hebard (Villanova) and Ryan Knott (Duke).

Cards College Team vs Cards American Legion

Thursday, June 5, 2008 - - Lippold Park – 8:00 PM

 Little League players have been invited. Ask your Little League coach. Come early at 5:45 PM and hit with the Cardinals players. There will also be prizes and complimentary Hot Dogs for LL players wearing their team jersey.

GOLF OUTING

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Help the College team fundraise for their tournament in Puerto Rico. Come out and Golf with your favorite College player or just enjoy a great day out with your friends. Golf Club of Illinois - $100 for golf, cart and dinner.

SUMMER CAMPS

Camps begin Wednesday, June 11 and end Tuesday, July 22

Advanced Camp– 12 Yr Olds – Mon, Tue, Wed & Thur, 8:30-10:30 AM - $250

SUMMER WORKOUTS - Cardinals Players

Camps begin Wednesday, June 11 and end Tuesday, July 22

The Crystal Lake Cardinals will have OPEN tryouts on Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake. Players must have played in college in the spring of 2008 and must be 22 years old or younger.

Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 - 12:30 (please arrive at 12N for registration)

2008 Cardinals - Announce Sheboygan, Wis. games July 12 and 13 

The Cardinals will be playing against teams from the Wisconsin State League Saturday July 12 and 13, 2008.

Games will be played Wildwood Baseball Park in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on Saturday.

The team will be staying the night of Saturday July 12 at;
Sheboygan Americas Best Value Inn
3402 Wilgus Road
Sheboygan, WI... 53081
Ph  920.458.8080

Opener - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 vs. Bartlett Silverhawks - Judson College - 7:30 PM

Open Tryouts for the 2007 summer college season

Sunday, May 27 - - 1 PM - Prairie Ridge High School - registration at 12:30
Monday, May 28 - - 3:00 PM - Crystal Lake Central High School - warm up at 2:45 PM

The team will be selected Monday, May 28.