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Article: Willowbrook jars Leyden, ends skid
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 4, 1988
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Maybe Willowbrook should play Leyden every day.
The defending West Suburban Gold champions (7-12, 3-9) ended a
nine-game losing skid with an 8-1 upset victory over second-ranked
Leyden (17-4, 10-2) in Franklin Park. It was Willowbrook's second
victory of the year over Leyden and snapped the Eagles' 10-game
winning streak.
"It just seems we have Leyden's number," Willowbrook coach Tom
Domin said. "We really expected to be a much better team this year,
but we had gone into a team slump - hitting, pitching and fielding."
The loss also snapped the seven-game winning streak of Leyden
ace Chris Hmielewski, who suffered what may have been the worst
inning of his career in the third when ...