Holst pitches out of several difficult situations against Lake Zurich to win a regional final.
Libertyville’s Joshua Holst delivers a pitch against Lake Zurich during the Class 4A Libertyville Regional championship game on Saturday, May 25, 2024. When a pitcher has the type of stuff that Libertyville junior left-hander Joshua Holst features in his repertoire, he can get out of trouble more often than not.“My No. 1 goal is to beat the guy in the box,” he said. “I don’t care if there’s bases loaded or no outs, I want to beat him.
Libertyville advances to the Stevenson Sectional semifinals to play Conant at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday because Holst managed to overcome several tricky situations. Those arose in part because he respects a lineup that beat him during the regular season and hit Illinois recruit Luke Weber hard in the Bears’ 13-0 win against Highland Park on Thursday.
Holst, who entered the game with 86 strikeouts to 23 walks, issue two more free passes in the seventh. But Schambow, an Oklahoma State commit, picked off a runner at second on a failed bunt attempt. When asked what differentiates Holst from other area pitchers with similar tools, Libertyville coach Matt Thompson points not to Holst’s left arm but to his grit.
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