Photo gallery: QND baseball team opens season with victory over Illini West

March 22, 2023 | By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor

Quincy Notre Dame assistant coach Zach Robb, left, greets sophomore pitcher Abram Wiewel after a strikeout ended the fifth inning of Tuesday's game against Illini West. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — A seven-run outburst in the bottom of the first inning, three-plus innings of relief from a sophomore right-hander making his varsity debut and the first victory for new Quincy Notre Dame baseball coach Rich Polak made Tuesday’s game against Illini West complete.

The Raiders won 8-3 at Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield, and Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman captured the action in this photo gallery: