Hitmen lost the ballgame after losing the lead in the sixth inning Saturday, as Rampage Gold grabbed a 2-1 victory in six innings.
In the third inning, Hitmen pushed across its only run of the day on a groundout by Trent H.
Rampage Gold scored one run of its own in the third. Rampage Gold scored on an error.
The game’s last lead went to Rampage Gold thanks to a sixth inning rally that saw one run cross the plate on two singles.

Jeremy J did all he could to give Hitmen a boost, but it wasn’t enough to get past New Lenox Rebels Red, as Hitmen lost 9-4 in five innings on Friday.
Jeremy went a perfect 2-2 at the plate for Hitmen. He singled in the first and fifth innings.
New Lenox Rebels Red was sparked by #18 and #5, who teamed up for four hits and two RBIs.
New Lenox Rebels Red stayed on top until the final out after taking the lead in the first, scoring three runs on an error, a groundout by #27, and an RBI single by #7.
New Lenox Rebels Red increased its lead with four runs in the third. A error scored #28 for the inning’s first run. That was followed up by #8’s single, scoring #18 and #27.
Two runs in the bottom of the third helped Hitmen close its deficit to 8-2. A single by Jake S and a groundout by Trent H set off Hitmen rally. Alex H struck out to end the Hitmen threat.
After pushing across two runs in the bottom of the fifth, Hitmen faced just a 9-4 deficit. A single by Trent and a groundout by Alex gave Hitmen life. Finally, #24 got David K to strike out to end the game.

A single, scoring Alex H gave Hitmen the lead in the sixth inning, and Hitmen hung on to beat Aurora Starz 4-3 on Friday.
Hitmen held off Aurora Starz, as Aurora Starz was unable to overcome a two-run sixth inning deficit.
Despite its efforts, Aurora Starz couldn’t finish the comeback.
It was a good day at the plate for Hitmen’s Jeremy J. Jeremy went 2-3, drove in one and scored one run. He singled in the fourth and fifth innings.
Aurora Starz jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first. #12 kicked things off for Aurora Starz with a single. A stolen base then moved #12 from first to second. #6 tripled, bringing home #12 and #13. Aurora Starz added more runs when scored on an RBI single by #26.
Hitmen went up for good in the sixth, scoring one run on two singles.

I have been fielding questions regarding next year and if we will be adding teams at other age levels. This team/organization was designed out of necessity to make sure players had a place to continue to play travel baseball. We will not be assigning coaches at numerous age levels and holding open tryouts to hope to fill a team. If teams are left in a similar situation as us and would like to join an organization which is focused purely on travel baseball then we would entertain the idea of adding another age level. Each team would be managed as it’s own entity with providing the type of baseball we expect to be played as a Hitmen team.

Please go to the link below if you are interested in trying out to become a member of the Huntley Hitmen. All players must register to be contacted with an invite to attend our tryout.

http://huntleyhitmen.teampages.com/forms/10625-2016-2017-Tryouts

Thanks in advance of your interest.

David K did all he could to give Hitmen a boost, but it wasn’t enough to get past Windy City, as Hitmen lost 7-5 in six innings on Sunday.
It was a good day at the plate for Hitmen’s David. David went 2-3, drove in one and scored one run. He tripled in the fifth inning and singled in the sixth inning.
Windy City was sparked by #23 and #2, who teamed up for four hits and four RBIs.
Windy City never surrendered the lead after the second inning, scoring one run on an RBI single by #2.
Windy City matched its three-run fourth inning with three more in the fifth. In the fourth, Windy City scored on an RBI triple by #23, plating #21.

1. singled, bringing home #24 to start the inning. That was followed up by #21’s single, scoring #59.
   After pushing across two runs in the bottom of the fifth, Hitmen faced just a 7-2 deficit. A groundout by Preston S and an RBI single by Jake R set off Hitmen rally. The Hitmen threat came to an end when #3 finally got Tyler R to ground out.
   Three runs in the bottom of the sixth helped Hitmen close its deficit to 7-5. A wild pitch, an RBI single by Jeremy J, and an RBI single by David fueled Hitmen’s comeback. #14 got the last out, as Hitmen’s Jake R.