Walk-off Joe delivers again as QHS baseball team earns WB6 split with Galesburg

QUINCY — That boy’s just a walk-off Joe.

For the second time in Western Big 6 Conference play, Quincy High School junior Joe Schroeder delivered a walk-off hit, this one coming in the ninth inning of the QHS baseball team’s 6-5 victory over Galesburg in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday at the QHS field.

Forced to go extra innings after the Blue Devils scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, Quincy got a one-out double from Grayson Cook. The Silver Streaks intentionally walked Noah Harbin, and Schroeder followed with a double to left field to plate Cook.

Schroeder had an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh in a 2-1 victory over Geneseo on May 7.

Quincy dropped the second game of the doubleheader 6-0 to finish the WB6 season with an 8-6 record.

In the opener, Quincy (16-12) trailed 4-0 before Blake Bunch scored on Kenny Taylor’s groundout in the fifth inning and Connor Schwindeler followed with an RBI single. After the Silver Streaks scored in the top of the sixth, Harbin hit a solo home run in the bottom of the frame to set up the seventh-inning heroics.

Taylor led off the seventh with a double and scored one out later on Luke Mettemeyer’s double. Cook singled to drive in the tying run.

Taylor, Cook and Schroeder each had two hits, while Cook picked up the victory in relief, allowing one run over five innings with six strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the Blue Devils were held to one hit — a Taylor single in the third inning — in the five-inning loss. The Silver Streaks scored four times in the first two innings to take control.