Cortland, IL.

The De Kalb HustleHogs opened up their 2006 season on a cold and rainy day in Cortland, Il. against the Sycamore Baptist Church.  The Sycamore Fastpitch Church League is still going strong.  Sycamore was a young athletic club with new young pitchers trying to learn the craft of fastpitch pitching.

The Hogs were rained out on Sunday and next play in Yorkville, Il. on May 5th at 1030am vs The Aurora Dolan & Murphy Shamrocks who are currently ranked 27th in the World by ISC Fastball.

In game one, Tim Murphy of the Hogs allowed one hit and struck out eight en route to a shutout. Jay Armes came in for one inning of work and did not give up a hit to finalize the shutout. The Hogs scored five in the second inning and eight in the third inning to win the game 17-0.  The Hogs played excellent defense and had big games from Chad Crutcher 2x2 4R, Mike Drew 3x3 3RBI, Sean Cavasos 2x2 2R, and Dave Liddick 2x3.

Hogs 17
SYC Bap 0
WP Murphy (1-0) 4IP 8K 1H 2BB
LP Kevin Mitchell
Armes 1IP 2BB 0H 0ER
Drew 3x3 3RBI, Crutcher 2x2 4R, Liddick 2x2 2R, Liddick 2x3 RBI

Game 2
Brian Tobin started for the Hogs.  He finished the game with 4IP 2H ER 3BB 9K.  Tommy Crouch had 3RBI, Matt Smith was 3x3 and Mike Drew had 2RBI for the winners.  Five different Hogs had 2 hits or more as the Hogs won another short game 11-2

Hogs 11
Syc. Bap.2
WP Tobin (1-0)
LP Finn
Smith 3x3 2R, Crouch 2x3 3RBI, Armes 2x3 2R, Drew 2x3 2RBI, Cavasos 2x3 2R, Ebert 1x1


Les Johnson seanmattchad@yahoo.com