St. Anthony Edges Mattoon, High School Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony's Ben Hecht pitched a one-hitter as the Bulldogs edged Mattoon 1-0 in baseball action Tuesday.

Hecht gave up four walks and struck out eight batters as he wove his one-hitter. The Bulldogs scored their lone run in the fourth inning.

Austin Bushur had a double for the winners while Jake Schuette had a single. The Bulldogs had five hits in the contest. St. Anthony improves to 6-1 and will be back in action today hosting South Central at Evergreen Hollow Park at 4:30 p.m.

Mattoon drops to 3-3 on the season.

At Evergreen Park

Mattoon               000    000    0    --    0-1-1

St. Anthony          000    100    0    --    1-5-1

WP -- Hecht. LP -- Sparks.

Mattoon -- Vieth, single

St. Anthony -- Schuette, single; Bushur, double; no other hits listed

At Olney

Olney stepped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning but that's all the Tigers were to score as Teutopolis tied in the fifth then tallied two in the sixth and seven in the seventh for an 11-2 victory.

The  Wooden Shoes pounded out 10 hits in the contest led by Waldhoff and Wendling with a single and a home run each. Waldhoff had three RBI while Wendling had one. Smith had a double and an RBI and Wenthe two singles and an RBI.

Ruholl picked up the pitching win on a three-hitter over five innings, four walks and six strikeouts.

At Olney

Teutopolis          001    012    7    --    11-10-1

Olney                  020    000    0    --      2-  3-5

WP -- Ruholl. LP -- Bailey.

Teutopolis -- Waldhoff, single, home run, 3 RBI; Wendling, single, home run, 1 RBI; Wenthe, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Goldstein, single; Smith, double, 1 RBI; Hardiek, single, 1 RBI; Kenter, 1 RBI; Nosbisch, single, 1 RBI

Olney -- Runyon, single, double, 2 RBI; Bailey, single

At Greenup

Cumberland bounced St. Elmo 17-7 in five innings via the 10-run rule.

The Eagles held a 3-2 first inning lead but Cumberland tied in the second. St. Elmo took a 7-3 lead in the top of the fourth but the Pirates broke the game wide open with a 14-run fifth.

Clark had a single and double for the winners while Talley had two singles.

St. Elmo was led by Dalton Parks with a double and two RBI and Noah Flowers with two singles and an RBI.

At Greenup

St. Elmo                300    4    0    --      7-6-3

Cumberland          210    0(14)    --    17-8-2

WP -- Kuhn. LP -- Flowers.

St. Elmo -- Bartels, single; Parks, double, 2 RBI; Beasley, single, 2 RBI; Flowers, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bauer, double, 1 RBI

Cumberland -- Poe, single; Clark, single, double; Elwood, single; Swingler, single; Light, single; Talley, 2 singles

At Shelbyville

Dieterich fell to Shelbyville 9-3. The Movin' Maroons led 1-0 after the opening inning but Shelbyville had a two-run second. Dieterich tied in the top of the third but the Rams came back with a run in the bottom of the frame to lead 3-2.

Dieterich then tied again in the top of the fourth but Shelbyville broke the game open with four runs in the bottom of the fourth and two in the fifth.

Dieterich was led by Traub with two singles and Westjohn with a single and an RBI.

At Shelbyville

Dieterich             101    100    0    --    3-5-5

Shelbyville          021    420    0    --    9-9-4

WP -- Duckett. LP -- Traub

Dieterich -- Traub, 2 singles; Westjohn, single, 1 RBI

Shelbyville -- Standerfer, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Manship, 2 singles; Keown, single, 2 RBI; Hatfield, single, 2 RBI

At Neoga

Neoga held a 1-0 lead after two innings but Charleston came roaring back with a three-run third and went on for an 11-3 victory.

Neoga was led in hitting by Thomas with three hits and two RBI and Wilson with two hits  and an RBI. The Indians drop to 3-2 on the season.

At Neoga

Charleston          003    413    0    --    11-9-2

Neoga                 100    002    0    --      3-6-7

WP -- Wilson. P -- Romack.

Charleston -- Englekes, double, 1 RBI; Wilson, single, 2 RBI; Hart, single; Corrie, single, 1 RBI; Smith, single, 2 RBI; Gough, home run, 1 RBI; Newell, single; Miller, 2 singles; Roberts, 2 RBI

Neoga -- R. Walk, 3 singles; M. Baker, single, 1 RBI; J. Baker, 1 RBI; Briar, single, 1 RBI; Moore, single

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) edged Salem 6-5. The Cardinals led 4-3 after three innings but the Wildcats came back with two runs to lead 5-3 in the top of the sixth. North Clay tied in the bottom of the inning then brought home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.

Hilderbrand had a single, home run and five RBI while Britton and McNeely had two singles each. McNeely had an RBI. The Cardinals improved to 4-3.

At Louisville

Salem                003    002     0    --     5-  7-1

North Clay         004    001     1     --    6-10-3

WP -- Cox. LP -- McGhee

Salem -- Irwin, single, 1 RBi; Banning, single, 1 RBI; McGhee, 2 singles, 2 RBI

North Clay -- Britton, 2 singles; Hilderbrand, single, home run, 4 RBI; McNeely, 2 singles, 1 RBI

At Patoka

South Central banged out 14 hits and scored 13 runs in a 13-0 win over Patoka in five innings.

The Cougars were led by Dillon Smith with two singles, a double and four RBI while Noah Powless had three singles and an RBI and Kyle Bray a single, double and an RBI. Bray was the winning pitcher with one hit, two walks and eight strikeouts.

At Patoka

South Central          200    0(11)    --    13-14-0

Patoka                     000    0     0    --      0-  1-3

At Altamont

Altamont picked up a 10-0 victory over Brownstown in six innings behind the no-hit pitching of Ziegler. The Indians took a 2-0 first inning lead then tacked on three in the third, two in the fourth and ended the game in the sixth with three runs.

Ziegler finished with one walk and struck out 10.

Altamont had eight hits in the contest led by Finn with a single, triple and home run. Kuhns added two singles and a double.

At Altamont

Brownstown            000    000    --     0-0-1

Altamont                 203    203    --    10-8-3

WP -- Ziegler. LP -- Matthews.

Brownstown -- no hits

Altamont -- Armstrong, double; Finn, single, triple, home run; Wolff, double; Kuhns, 2 singles, double

Other Scores:

Vandalia 11, Mulberry Grove 0

Tuscola 20, Arcola 2

Springfield Southeast 5, Taylorville 3