For the second time in three days, the Will County CrackerJacks walked off with a weird win over the Southland Vikings in extra innings, this time winning 6-5 on a walk off suicide squeeze by Daniel Nevares. With the bases loaded and one away in the bottom half of the 10^th inning, Nevares bunted down the first base line as Jake Thomas, who was running on the play came home to score the winning run.

The Jacks completed the comeback win in the tenth after trailing all game early and were down 5-2 entering the home half of the 9^th inning.

Down to their last strike and trailing by two runs, the CrackerJacks rallied to tie the Southland Vikings 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning. The CrackerJacks victimized reliever Jonathon Rosario for the second time this weekend, as pinch-hitter Shaun McGraw belted a two-out, two strike pitch over the head of Vikings’ centerfielder Shane Brown for a 2-RBI double, scoring Mitch Elliott and Nevares on the play.

Benny Colessano suffered the loss for the Vikings, while Austin Carden picked up the win after getting out of a bases-loaded, one out jam in the ninth inning.

After Will County starter Jack Rogalla quickly retired the first two hitters to start the second inning, he loaded the bases for Damon Saunders, whose 2-RBI single gave the Vikings to take an early 2-0 lead. The ball landed just out of reach of Elliott’s glove in left field.

The ‘Jacks responded in the bottom half of the frame when John Menken worked a full count before belting a leadoff bomb over the left-field fence, cutting the deficit in half to 2-1. It was his first home run of the season. However, they never made things close and trailed the entire way through.

The Vikings added three more runs in the 7^th inning when Shane Brown hit a 2-RBI triple and later scored on an RBI groundout from Dan Potempa.  The Jacks added a run in the home half of the 8th inning.

CrackerJacks third baseman Case Munson was injured on a ground ball that struck him in the face in 9^th inning and was removed from the game.

With the win, the CrackerJacks improved to 21-11 on the season and now lead the season series over Southland 4-3. The two teams are slated to play three more games against each other before the regular season wraps up in two weeks.

The CrackerJacks will be back in action tomorrow at home against the visiting DeKalb County Liners, with the first pitch slated for 6:00 p.m. 

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