Wooden Shoes Second At Cavalier Baseball Invitational

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Published on May 11 2015 7:06 am
Last Updated on May 11 2015 7:06 am
Written by Millie Lange

Teutopolis High School placed second in the Cavalier Invitational Series Baseball Tournament Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes opened witrh a 3-0 win over Morris. The two teams went into the eighth without a run before T-town broke loose with three runs.

T-town had seven hits led by Jordan Thoele with a single, home run and three RBI and Devin Smith with two singles. Kyle Smith improved his pitching record to 3-1-2, going all eight innings, allowing four hits, no walks and striking out three.

In the second contest, T-town edged Ottawa Marquette 5-4 with a run in the top of the seventh.

Ottawa Marquette held a 3-2 first inning lead until the fourth when the Shoes pushed ahead 4-3. Ottawa came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth but the Shoes pulled it out in the seventh.

D. Smith had a single and double while Louis Niemerg had three singles and two RBI. Niemerg pitched the seven-hitter with two walks and six strikeouts to improve to 6-0.

The Shoes then fell 4-1 to Washington. Washington tallied three runs in the first and one in the fifth. The lone run for T-town came in the fourth.

T-town had five hits, all singles by five different players. The loss gives the Shoes a 20-5-1 record.

Cavalier Invitational

Game One

Teutopolis           000    000    03    --    3-7-2

Morris                  000    000    00    --    0-4-1

WP -- K. Smith. LP -- Walker.

Teutopolis -- D. Smith, 2 singles; Niemerg, single; Thoele, single, home run, 3 RBI; Hartke, single; Kreke, single

Morris -- Walker, single; Bordner, 2 singles; Niewinski, single

Game Two

Teutopolis                       200    200    1    --    5-10-1

Ottawa Marquette          300    001    0    --    4- 7-0

WP -- Niemerg. LP -- Fanti.

Teutopolis -- D. Smith, single, double; Niemerg, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Thoele, single, 1 RBI; Hartke, single, 1 RBI; Kreke, single; Mette, single, 1 RBI; Ropeke, single

Ottawa Marquette -- T. Raikes, single; Norman, single; Snyder, single; Lechtenberg, single, double, 1 RBI; Hawks, single, 1 RBI; J. Raikes, single, 1 RBI; Haben, 1 RBI

Game Three

Washington           300    010    0    --    4-9-0

Teutopolis              000    100    0    --    1-5-1

WP -- Shelabarger. LP -- Johnson.

Washington -- Dominguez, double; Hillegonds, single; Cook, single; Ulick, single, double, 2 RBI; Watkins, 3 singles; Diedericch, single; Semlow, 1 RBI

Teutopolis -- D. Smith, single; Thoele, single; Hartke, single; Mette, single, 1 RBI; Flach, single