Mattoon Beats T-town, Area Baseball Roundup

MATTOON -- Teutopolis High School ran into a Mattoon team that's been on a tear lately and dropped an 11-6 baseball decision Thursday.

The Green Wave edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead then had a three-run second. T-town came back within 4-2 in the third but the Green Wave continued offensively, scoring four runs in the fourth. The Shoes again rallied to pull within 8-5 in the top of the fifth but Mattoon put away any hopes with a three-run bottom of the frame and went on for an 11-6 victory.

The Wooden Shoes had 12 hits  led by Lane Belleville with two singles, a triple and two RBI, Austin Johnson with a home run and two RBI, Brock Bueker with a single and double, John Kreke two singles and an RBI and Kyle Smith with two singles.

Mattoon had 13 hits in the game led by Rappe with three singles, a double and three RBI and Courtney with three singles. The Green  Wave picked up their third straight win and stands at 10-7 on the season.

T-town drops to 17-8 and will play host to Effingham Monday.

At Mattoon

Teutopolis            002    031    0    --      6-12-3

Mattoon               130    430    x    --    11-13-1

WP -- Poorman. LP -- Belleville.

Teutopolis -- D. Smith, single; Bueker, single, double; Johnson, home run, 2 RBI; Kreke, 2 singles, 1 RBI; K. Smith, 2 singles; Belleville, 2 singles, triple, 2 RBI; Westendorf, single

Mattoon -- Hamilton, single; Skocy, single; Branson, single; Courtney, 3 singles; Morrow, single; Scott, single; Lilly, 1 RBI; Rappe, 3 singles, double, 3 RBI; Shoot, single

At Newton

Newton blanked Robinson 12-0 in action Thursday.

The Eagles held a 3-0 first inning lead then broke the game wide open with an eight-run second and finished with a run in the fourth.

Mtich Jansen pitched a two-hitter with four strikeouts. Mammoser had two singles and two RBI while Geier had two singles and an RBI, Grunloh a single, double and an RBI, Cohorst with a double and three RBI, Prater with a double and two RBI and Weber with a double.

At Newton

Robinson             000    00    --     0

Newton               380    1x    --    12

WP -- Jansen. LP -- Roth.

Robinson -- Miller, single; Roth, single

Newton -- Meinhart, single; Mamomser, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Geier, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Grunloh, single, double, 1 RBI; Bierman, single, 1  RBI; Cohorst, double, 3 RBI; Weber, double; Prater, double, 2 RBI

At Villa Grove

Villa Grove/Broadlands claimed a 4-1 victory over Cumberland.

The two teams were tied at 1-1 after the first inning. Villa Grove then had a two-run third inning and tacked on a final run in the fifth.

Both teams had six hits. Kanizer had a single and double for Cumbrland while Cutts added a double.

At Villa Grove

Cumberland             100    000    0    --    1-6-3

Villa Grove               102    010    x    --    4-6-1

WP -- none listed. LP -- Bauguss.

Cumberland -- Kanizer, single, double; Cutts, double

Villa Grove/Heritage -- no hits listed.