T-town Edges EHS, St. A Downs SEB, Area Baseball Roundup

TEUTOPOLIS -- This contest went 11 innings before Teutopolis scored in the bottom of the frame to edge Effingham 5-4 Monday evening in baseball action.

The Wooden Shoes grabbed the early lead as Jacob Roepke singled before Jordan Thoele doubled, bringing Roepke home in the first inning.

Effingham scored in the top of the fourth to knot the score but T-town came right back to regain the lead in the bottom of the frame. Then it was Effingham's turn as the Hearts scored in the sixth to tie the score at 2-2.

The two teams went into extra innings and in the ninth, Effingham took the lead with two runs. T-town came back as Jordan Thoele hit a two-run homer to tie the score. And so it went until the 11th when T-town's John Kreke came to the plate and hit a ball for a fielder's choice that scored Roepke with the winning run.

Tommy Flach picked up the pitching win for the Shoes. Thoele finished with a double, home run and three RBI for the Shoes. Roepke, Kreke, Niemerg and Johnson had two hits each.

Effingham was led by Michael Woltman with three singles. Polland and Graham had a double and an RBI each.

T-town improved to 6-2 on the season.

At  Teutopolis

Effingham           000    101    002    00    --    4-11-1

Teutopolis           100    100    002    01    --    5-12-2

WP -- Flach. LP -- Bone.

Effingham -- Bone, 2 singles; Poland, double, 1 RBI; Hayes, single; Graham, double, 1 RBI; Woltman, 3 singles; White, single, 1 RBI; Shafer, single, double, 1 RBI

Teutopolis -- Roepke, 2 singles; Niemerg, 2 singles; Thoele, double, home run, 3 RBI; Kreke, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Mette, double; Johnson, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Smith, double

At St. Anthony

Effingham St. Anthony took a 2-0 first inning lead and went on for a 12-1 victory over St. Elmo/Brownstown in six innings.

Jacob Lorenz led off St. Anthony first with a triple. After a walk, and an error. Bryar Jansen singled home a run.

St. Anthony talied again in the third on a Braden Puckett double. The Bulldogs held a 6-1 lead after four innings then had a five-run fifth and tallied a final run in the sixth.

Lorenz finished with two singles, a double and an RBI while Zach Gardewine, Greg Utz and Puckett had a double each.

Nate Matthews had the lone hit for SEB.

At St. Anthony

St. Elmo/Brownstown           000    110    --      2-  1-4

St. Anthony                             201    351    --    12-12-4

WP -- Gibson. LP -- Flowers.

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Matthews, single

St. Anthony -- Gardewine, double; Greene, single, 1 RBI; Lorenz, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Gibson, 2 RBI; Kabbes, single, 2 RBI; Clausius, single, 1 RBI; Jansen, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Utz, double; Brad. Puckett, double; Stevens, single

At Flora

Flora picked up a 12-5 win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Monday evening.

The Wolves had a 3-0 first inning lead . WSS came back with a run in the second and pulled within 3 -2 in the top of the fifth. Flora then broke the game open in the bottom of the inning with six runs.

Derek Moshenrose led the Hachets with a single, double and an RBI while Dylan Ohnesorge had two singles and an RBI.

At Flora

Stew-Stras/Windsor           010    013    0    --      5- 6-2

Flora                                     300    063    x    --    12-10-4

WP -- Gaither. LP -- Jones.

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor -- Warner, single; Hutchinson, single; Ohnesorge, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Thies, 1 RBI; Moshenrose, single, double 1 RBI

Flora -- Gaither, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Litaker, single; Nicholson, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Dehlinger, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Durre, double, 2 RBI; Winka, single, 1 RBI

At Newton

Blayke Cutts pitched a no-hitter as Cumberland claimed a 2-0 win over Newton.

Cutts finished with three walks and seven strikeouts. The game went to the sixth before the Pirates scored both runs in the sixth inning. Cumberland had only two hits, singles by Houston Napier and Austin Light.

At Newton

Cumberland           000    002    0    --    2-2-0

Newton                  000    000    0    --    0-0-2

WP -- Cutts. LP -- none listed.

Cumberland -- Napier, single; Light, single, 1 RBI

Newton -- no hits listed.

At Shelbyville

Shelbyville stepped out to a 2-0 lead but that's all the runs it would score as Neoga tallied three in the second for the 3-2 victory.

Guy Walk picked up the pitching win on a three-hitter with four walks and nine strikeouts.

Jordan Hoedebecke had two singles for the winners while Zack Monroe added a double.

At Shelbyville

Neoga                     030    000    0     --    3-7-2

Shelbyville             200    000     0    --    2-3-2

WP -- Walk. LP -- Brachbill.

Neoga -- Moore, single, 1 RBI; Walk, single; Dierker, single; Hoedebecke, 2 singles; Ramert, single, 1 RBI; Monroe, double

Shelbyville -- Duckett, single; Hendryx, single; Meyer, single

At Wayne City

North Clay (Louisville) scored 12 runs in the first inning and went on to blank Wayne City 16-0 in five innings.

Collin Warren picked up the pitching win allowing no hits and striking out seven. Quincy Aldrich went three-for-three with three singles and three RBI. Jerick Van Dyke had a home run and five RBI. North Clay is now 7-1-1 on the season.

At Wayne City

North Clay            (12)04    00    --    16-8-0

Wayne City                000    00    --      0-0-3

WP -- Warren. LP -- Clark.

North Clay -- Aldrich, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Van Dyke, home run, 5 RBI; Stinnett, single, 2 RBI

Wayne City -- no hits

OTHER SCORES:

Okaw Valley 22, Martinsville 3

Villa Grove/Heritage 5, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 4

Taylorville 6, Central A&M 1

Robinson 10, Hutsonville/Palestine 5

Arcola 8, Tri-County 3

Mount Zion 10, Decatur MacArthur 0