Great Lakes Baseball Leaders: Who had the hottest two weeks?

By Eric Frantz Apr 27, 2017, 8:00am

A look at the top HS performances from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin

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Who were the top performers in the Great Lakes Region the last two weeks? Here are the single-game high school baseball leaders in home runs, RBI, runs, stolen bases and strikeouts from 4/12-4/25/17 in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin as submitted on MaxPreps.

Home Runs (more than one)
3 - Trey Heidlage, Batesville (Ind.)
2 - 41 players tied

Illinois HS Baseball Leaders: All Categories



RBI (more then six)
8 - Jacob Thomas, Lindblom (Chicago, Ill.)
8 - Addison True, Eastern Hancock (Charlottesville, Ind.)
8 - Alex Theis, New Riegel (New Riegel, Ohio)
7 - Will Fox, Hamilton/Warsaw (Hamilton, Ill.)
7 - RJ Van Duyne, Wilmington (Ill.)
7 - Carlos Artega, Boylan Catholic (Rockford, Ill.)
7 - Chase Vinson, Oakwood (Fithian, Ill.)
7 - Brad Spellings, Highland (Highland, Ind.)
7 - Trey Heidlage, Batesville (Ind.)
7 - Jake Williamson, North Newton (Morocco, Ind.)
7 - Kevin Flood, Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.)
7 - Bobby Jaber, Clarenceville (Livonia, Mich.)

Indiana HS Baseball Leaders: All Categories

Runs (more than four)
5 - 32 players tied

Ohio HS Baseball Leaders: All Categories
Kenwood's D'eric Shenault was one of the Great Lakes region's leaders in stolen bases the last two weeks.
Kenwood's D'eric Shenault was one of the Great Lakes region's leaders in stolen bases the last two weeks.
Photo by Quinn Harris


Stolen Bases (more than five)
7 - Parker Watts, Cloverdale (Ind.)
6 - D Jeffries, Harper (Chicago, Ill.)
6 - D'eric Shenault, Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
6 - Jessie Fink, Crothersville (Ind.)
6 - Shawn Pittman, University Prep (Detroit, Mich.)
6 - John Basile, Merritt Academy (New Haven, Mich.)
6 - Cameron Hunter, Inter-City Baptist (Allen Park, Mich.)
6 - Teddy Knowles, Wellington School (Columbus, Ohio)
6 - Teddy Tate, Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
6 - Nate Claude, Linden-McKinley (Columbus, Ohio)

Michigan HS Baseball Leaders: All Categories



Strikeouts Thrown (more than 14)
19 - Andrew Mendez, Schurz (Chicago, Ill.)
18 - Shawn Pittman, University Prep (Detroit, Mich.)
17 - Adam Deal, Lincolnwood/Morrisonville (Raymond, Ill.)
17 - Zach Robinson, Eastern (Greentown, Ind.)
17 - Grant Besser, South Adams (Berne, Ind.)
17 - Brett Manis, Port Huron Northern (Port Huron, Mich.)
17 - Beau Keathley, Truman (Taylor, Mich.)
17 - Trevor Beck, Birch Run (Birch Run, Mich.)
16 - Cole Kmet, Saint Viator (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
16 - Casey Barr, Francis W. Parker (Chicago, Ill.)
16 - Collin Baumgartner, Southwestern (Piasa, Ill.)
16 - Jack Perkins, Kokomo (Ind.)
16 - Evan Rice, Brillion (Brillion, Wis.)

Wisconsin HS Baseball Leaders: All Categories