Chris Iannuzzi went to the mound yet another time for his Stevenson teammates on Monday.
After the Class 4A Schaumburg Supersectional at Wintrust Field, the senior right-hander tried to place into phrases what that meant to him.
“I bleed green for these guys,” he stated.
Dressed in a grey uniform trimmed with the varsity’s inexperienced and gold, Iannuzzi did his half towards New Trier, permitting one run over 3 ⅔ innings and getting one of many Patriots’ six hits.
But the Trevians pulled out a 2-0 win behind 6-foot-5 junior right-hander Justin Wood, the son of assistant coach and former Chicago Cubs star Kerry Wood.
“That was a real good New Trier team we played out there, but we gave it all we had and just came up short,” Iannuzzi stated. “I would do anything for my guys, and I’m just upset we couldn’t get one more victory to get to state.”
Stevenson (30-10) couldn’t get a run throughout towards Justin Wood, who allowed 5 hits over 4 ⅓ innings, and relievers Beau McBride and Trevor Byrnes.
“We had some chances, including a big one with the bases loaded, but just couldn’t get that one big hit we needed to get us going,” Stevenson coach Nick Skala stated.
The Trevians (25-7) received to Iannuzzi with a pair of doubles within the second inning, however the Southeastern College commit in any other case restricted their alternatives earlier than working out of fuel and strolling two batters within the fourth. Nicholas Rayyan received the ultimate out to finish that risk.
“I thought I pitched OK against a good-hitting lineup, but we didn’t get enough offense ourselves to get anything going,” Iannuzzi stated.
New Trier’s Evan Olesker, who drove in each runs, hit an RBI single within the sixth for insurance coverage.
Despite their loss, Iannuzzi stated the Patriots will be pleased with what they completed this season, together with their first sectional title in eight years.
“I grew up playing with most of these guys since we were sophomores,” Iannuzzi stated. “I loved going to war with these guys. That’s something I will always remember.”
Skala agreed this workforce is not going to be forgotten.
“They accomplished so much and will be the blueprint of teams to come at Stevenson,” Skala stated. “I’ve coached eight of these players for the last three years, and all eight of them will be going to play in college somewhere. It’s a special group.”
Iannuzzi, who went 4-4 with a 3.29 ERA and hit .408 with 4 residence runs and 37 RBIs, stated the seniors will all the time be shut.
“We were all friends who hung out together and made this season really great for all of us,” he stated. “Even although we received’t play collectively once more, no can take away from us what we completed.
“I know our younger players will step up and carry on our tradition.”
Darren Day is a contract reporter for the News-Sun.
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