One swing does job for New Trier

New Trier managed only one hit off Barrington on Saturday.

It was big enough.

Leading off the top of the seventh, Pat Bader homered over theleft-field fence as the top-ranked Trevians beat host No. 14Barrington 2-1."It was 0-2 and I was thinking curve," said Bader, the Trevians'third baseman. "It came in and I reacted."Bader's first home run of the year for New Trier (13-1) came offDimas Moreno, who relieved freshman Dan Pohlman.Pohlman, a 6-1, 185-pound right-hander, allowed no hits andstruck out seven for Barrington (12-7) in 5 1/3 innings."He was hitting spots and throwing strikes," Bader said. "Hewas hitting the outside corner all day."The last player to play a significant role as a freshman for theBroncos was Dan Wilson, who now is catching for the Seattle Mariners."Wilson caught half the season his freshman year," Barringtoncoach Kirby Smith said. "I wouldn't be starting (Pohlman) if hecouldn't play.""We don't see too many sliders," New Trier coach Mike Napoleonsaid. "We see a lot of curves and good fastballs. For a freshman,he was throwing a nice tight slider."Barrington took a 1-0 lead in the first when Jess Sayre singledwith two outs and scored on Moreno's single.Starter Justin Nyweide "gets in a funk in the first inning; hedid the same thing against Lockport," Napoleon said. "Maybe we haveto do something when he warms up."In the fifth, New Trier managed to tie the game without a hitoff Pohlman when Tim DaRosa walked, stole second, advanced on a wildpitch and scored on an error."We ran the bases real well," Napoleon said. "Our problem wasgetting to first."DaRosa, Colin Rogers, Mark Floersch and Mark Tapley all stolebases for New Trier. Nyweide (5-0) went the distance for theTrevians, scattering seven hits, striking out seven and walking one.