Burbank, IL (April 13, 2013) - Reavis hitters picked up where they left off Friday night when they pounded out 12 hits and 11 runs in their 11-1 victory over Romeoville on Saturday afternoon. "I was hoping there wouldn't be a let down after yesterday's emotional win (a 15-14 victory over conference foe Shepard)," said Coach Erickson, "but we were confident, efficient, and business-like in our approach. I was extremely pleased with our focus."
Burbank, IL (April 12, 2013) - Reavis scored an amazing 14 unanswered runs in the final three innings, including five runs with two outs in the seventh inning, to defeat the Shepard Astros 15-14 Friday at Czarnecki Field.
"In over 20 years of coaching, I have never been part of a game as incredible as this one," said Coach Erickson. "Not even close. This was unbelievable!"
Burbank, IL - The Reavis Baseball program will be hosting its 15th annual Alumni Game on Sunday, May 5, at Czarnecki Field. All former players are invited to play and its FREE! Batting practice will begin at 10:00 a.m. and one nine inning game will be played at 11:30 a.m.
Oak Lawn, IL (April 9, 2013) - After suffering a hard-luck extra-inning loss to Oak Lawn on Monday 5-4, the Rams rebounded on Tuesday to beat the Spartans 4-2 behind the pitching of Belal Abuzir. The junior left-hander threw a complete game, allowing no earned runs on three hits. He walked three and struck out six. "Belal came up big for us today," said Coach Erickson. "We needed a win today after dropping our first conference game yesterday the way we did and Belal put the team on his shoulders."
Charleston, SC (April 3, 2013) - Reavis hitters pounded out 10 hits in their 14-4 six-inning win over tournament host Hanahan Hawks on Wednesday. Mike Lally, John Deir, and Trevor Kasprowicz each had multi-hit games, and Matt Barajas added four RBI on the day.
"We played our best baseball of the year so far today," said Coach Erickson. "We struggled offensively early in the tournament, but our bats certainly woke up today. We squared up a lot of pitches and hit many line drives."
Charleston, SC (April 2, 2013) - The Reavis baseball team visited Patriots Point, the home of the famous aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown. The players and coaches were able to tour the Yorktown, along with a destroyer, the USS Laffey and a submarine, the USS Clamagore. Each of the vessels saw time in WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. To view pictures of the tour, CLICK HERE.
Charleston, SC (April 2, 2013) - The Rams (4-3) came from behind twice to defeat Woodland High School 6-5 in eight innings Tuesday night in the South Carolina H.I.T. National Tournament.
Charleston, SC (April 1, 2013) - Despite a solid performance from left-hander Jose Romero, the Rams fell to West Ashley, SC 5-0 in the first round of the H.I.T. Tournament.
Romero stuggled early on, walking the first three hitters of the game, but got out of the inning giving up only one run. He settled in the rest of the game, allowing only one hit and striking out seven in 5.1 innings of work. "It was a tough loss for Jose," said Coach Erickson. "He pitched well enough to win, but we were unable to get any offense going."
Burbank, IL (March 28, 2013) - Jose Romero certainly had good stuff in the Rams' 9-0 victory over Lakeview Thursday afternoon at Czarnecki Field.
The junior left-hander threw the first no-hitter for Reavis since 2009 (Tom Falbo) and struck out 15 batters, including the last six of the game. "Jose had one of the best outings I've seen from a Rams pitcher in a long time," said Coach Erickson. "He had a small bump in the road in the third inning when he walked two hitters, but he settled down and seemed to get stronger as the game went on."
Burbank, IL (March 27, 2013) - The Rams (2-1) lost their first game of the season to #3 ranked St. Rita 7-5 yesterday at Czarnecki Field.
The Mustangs jumped out to a 7-0 lead when they scored five runs off starter Jorge Hernandez (1-1) in the second inning and two off reliever Matt Barajas in the fifth inning. Dan Meskill spelled Barajas in the fifth and worked out of a jam, and Mike Lally and Matt Kopp worked a scoreless sixth and seventh, respectively to keep the game close.
