Control problems created havoc for the Chaparrals, who allowed 11 base on balls in a 9-3 loss to visiting Kankakee in Region 4 baseball Thursday afternoon.

COD (11-16, 11-10 Region 4) is at McHenry County (18-12, 12-5) Sunday in a nine-inning game. First pitch is noon.

Kankakee CC 9, Chaps 3

• The Cavs scored two runs on no hits in the first inning, taking advantage of four walks by starter Porter Olson
• Kankakee pushed the lead to 5-0 in the third, scoring three runs on two hits
• The victory was Kankakee's 10th in the last 11 meetings, dating to 2019
• Joe Pender put the Chaps on the board with an RBI-double to right center that scored Matt McBrien, who led off with a walk
• Anthony Titone's infield ground ball scored Jason Sullivan, who singled to lead off the fifth
• The Chaps scored their final run in the sixth, an RBI-single from Pender that scored Alex Chaltin, who reached on a fielder's choice
• AJ Fulscher and Pender each had two hits as COD totaled six hits
• Pender's double was the Chaps' only extra-base hit
• Matt Betancourt went one-for-three and threw out a runner attempting to steal second base
• RHP Porter Olson (4-2) took the loss, throwing three innings and allowing five runs (two earned) on three hits and seven walks while striking out two
• RHP Michael Tuman threw three innings in relief, allowing the final four Cavalier runs (three earned) with six hits and three walks
• LHP Alex Ingram threw the final three innings, all scoreless, after replacing Michael Tuman
• Ingram was effective, striking out two, walking one and allowing just one hit