Hononegah scores three runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge Harlem in regional action

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30-05-2025

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Hononegah and Harlem are two teams that are very close in talent this baseball season. They split their two regular season games, and Thursday afternoon they battled down to the wire with Hononegah pulling out a walk-off 5-4 win. at the 4A Harlem Regional.The Indians were the home team as the higher seed despite the game being played at Harlem, so the Indians had their final at bat in the bottom of the seventh. They trailed 4-2 going into that, but they put three runs on the board. The first scored when Max Miller singled in Nolan Mabie making it 4-3. Later that inning, Hononegah loaded the bases. Nick Santis came to the plate. He hit a hard comebacker off of Harlem ace pitcher Jackson Heidemann. Heideman recovered the ball and threw home but too late to get the lead runner coming from third base. Heideman's throw home also got by the catcher allowing Cameron Nelson to score another run which was the winning run.Jake DeLeo was huge for Hononegah in this game. He had three hits, and he drove in a run. He also came on in relief of starting pitcher Parker Danielson to pitch five innings of one-hit ball. He allowed two runs, one earned, and he struck out eight batters. Miller had two hits and an RBI. Heidemann went six innings for Harlem giving up three earned runs on eight hits. Hononegah's record improves to 21-15. The Indians will return to Harlem Saturday at 11 a.m. to play Hampshire for the regional championship in the 4A Harlem Regional.To see highlights of this game, watch the media player above.
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