EHS claims Apollo DH, Area Baseball Roundup

Effingham High School claimed an Apollo Conference doubleheader over Taylorville in baseball action Tuesday.

The Hearts won the opener 14-2 in five innings. EHS banged out 11 hits led by Sandifer with a single, two home runs and three RBI while Beals had two doubles, Koester a solo home run, Bateman a double and Ballman two singles.

Beals picked up the pitching win on a four-hitter with no walks and six strikeouts. Lohman came on in the final inning, allowing three hits, two runs and one walk.

In the second contest, the Hearts took a 2-0 first inning lead then tallied four in the third and finished out with seven in the sixth to end the game 13-0.

Lee was the winning pitcher on a one-hitter with two walks and six strikeouts. Koenig pitched the final three innings, allowing no hits, one walk and striking out four.

The Hearts were led by Bateman with a single, double and three RBI, Hull with two singles and an RBI, Seachrist with a double and three RBI, Meinhart with a double and an RBI and Beals with a double and an RBI.

In the junior varsity doubleheader, Taylorville won the opener 12-4. The Tornadoes had a five-run second and a four-run fourth. The Hearts had five hits, all singles by five different players.

In the second contest, Effingham tallied four in the top of the seventh for a 4-0 victory.

Poland had a single, triple and three RBI while Kalber had a single and double and Niebrugge two singles.

At Taylorville

Game One

Effingham              244    13    --    14-11-0

Taylorville              000    02    --      2- 7-4

WP -- Beals. LP -- Curtin.

Effingham -- Sandifer, single, 2 home runs, 3 RBI; Lohman, single, 1 RBI; Koester, home run, 1 RBI; Beals, 2 doubles; Koenig, single, 1 RBI; Hull, 1 RBI; Bateman, double, 1 RBI; Ballman, 2 singles; Seachrist, 1 RBI

Taylorville -- Morgan, single; Lavin, single, 1 RBI; Montoya, single, 1 RBI; Davis, 2 singles; Bates, single

Game Two

Effingham              204    007    --    13-10-2

Taylorville              000    000    --      0- 1-3

WP -- Lee. LP -- Forally.

Effingham -- Sandifer, single; Meinhart, double, 1 RBI; Koester, single; Beals, double, 1 RBI; Koenig, 1 RBI; Hull, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bateman, single, double, 3 RBI; Ballman, 1 RBI; Seachrist, double, 3 RBI; Lee, single

Taylorville -- Davis, single

Junior Varsity Games

Game one

Effingham              101    011    0    --      4-5-3

Taylorville              150    411    x    --    12-7-1

WP -- Kettelkamp. LP -- Waymouth.

Effingham -- Kabler, single, 1 RBI; Gordon, single; Hagler, single; Poland, single, 1 RBI; Morrissey, single

Taylorville -- Taylor, 1 RBI; Bergschneider, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Donnan, double, 2 RBI; Morgan, single, home run, 4 RBI; Ess, single; Pembroke, single, 2 RBI; Kettelkamp, 1 RBI

Game Two

Effingham             000    000    4    --    4-9-1

Taylorville             000    000    0    --    0-3-2

WP -- Poland. LP -- Bergschnedier.

Effingham -- Gordon, single; Poland, single, triple, 3 RBi; Jackson, single; Schakelford, single, 1 RBI; Niebrugge, 2 singles; Kalber, single, double

Taylorville -- Bergschnedier, single; Pembroke, double; Mileham, single

At Windsor

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg edged South Central 4-3 in baseball action Tuesday.

The Cougars took a 1-0 first inning lead and led 3-0 after four. Windsor/Stew-Stras came back with three runs in the fifth to tie the score then tallied the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.

The Hatchets were led by Nic Hutchinson with a single and double, Christian Kessler with a single, double and two RBI, Chase Thies with a single, double and an RBI and Collin Ohnesorge with two singles.

South Central was led by Trevor Markley with two singles and Trent Geiler with two singles.

At Windsor

South Central                      100     200    0    --    3- 7-1

Windsor/Stew-Stras            000    030    1    --    4-10-1

WP -- Hutchinson. LP -- Matheny.

South Centrla -- Markley, 2 singles; Brandt, single, 1 RBI; Geiler, 2 singles; Matheny, single; Blomberg, single

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hutchinson, single, double; Armes, single; Kessler, single, double, 2 RBI; Kramer, single, 1 RBI; Thies, single, double, 1 RBI; Ohnesorge, 2 singles

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis trailed North Clay (Louisville) 2-1 after four innings and 6-1 in the top of the sixth. But the Wooden Shoes rallied with three runs in the bottom of the sixth and three in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 7-6 victory.

T-town's Hardiek picked up the win, going the final inning, allowing one hit and striking out two.

Jansen had two doubles while Hardiek had a double and two RBI and Belleville and Kenter had two singles and an RBI each.

North Clay was led by Repking and Repking with a single and double each.

At Teutopolis

North Clay           002    031    0    --    6-  6-4

Teutopolis           000    103    3    --    7-12-2

WP -- Hardiek. LP -- Repking.

North Clay -- Repking, single, double, 2 RBI; Aldrich, 1 RBI; Bloemer, single, 2 RBI; Blank, single; Repking, single, double

Teutopolis -- Goeckner, single; Jansen, 2 doubles; Kremer, single, 1 RBI; Belleville, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bueker, single, 1 RBI; Kenter, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bloemer, single; Thoele, single, 1 RBI; Hardiek, double, 2 RBI

At Newton

Newton took a 3-1 first inning lead on Neoga then held off a rally for an 8-6 win Tuesday.

The Eagles trailed Neoga 5-4 after five innings then had a four-run sixth. Neoga came back with a run in the top of the seventh only to fall short.

Bierman had a single, home run and two RBI for the Eagles while Meinhart had two singles and Grunloh two singles and an RBI.

Neoga was led by Hill with two home runs and four RBI, Fritcher with a double and Yurs with a double. The Indians drop to 5-12 on the season.

At Newton

Neoga              100    040    1    --    6-6-4

Newton            301    004    x    --    8-7-0

WP -- Homer. LP -- Ramert. S -- Wagy.

Neoga -- Andrews, single; Yurs, double; Hill, 2 home runs, 4 RBI; Ramert, 1 RBI; Fritcher, double; Moore, single, 1 RBI

Newton -- Meinhart, 2 singles; Bierman, single, home run, 2 RBI; Geier, single, 2 RBI; Grunloh, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Jansen, 1 RBI; Wagy, 1 RBI

At Brownstown

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and Brownstown/St. Elmo played to a 2-2 tie before the game was called after 13 innings because of darkness.

The two teams went scoreless through 10 innings before both tallied two runs in the 11th. CHBC had six hits and BSE five.

Grove led CHBC with three singles. BSE had six different players with a single.

At Brownstown

CHBC           000    000    000    020    0    --    2-6-6

SEB              000    000    000    020    0    --    2-5-2

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Grove, 3 singles; Clearwater, single; Miller, single; Barnes, single, 1 RBI

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Philpot, single; Brown, single; Denton, single; Ireland, single; Pruett, single