Hearts Fall To Shelbyville; Area Roundup

Effingham High School played host to Shelbyville in a makeup baseball game Thursday at Paul Smith Field and fell to the Rams, 1-0.

Shelbyville took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and that was all the scoring for either team the rest of the way.

EHS outhit the Rams 6-3. Frey had a single and a double for the Hearts while Heuerman, Bone, Hayes and Vail had a single each. Hawkins picked up the pitching win for Shelbyville on the six-hitter with one walk and four strikeouts.

A. Carie suffered the tough-luck loss, pitching 6.1 innings, giving up three hits, one run, three walks and striking out four. The Hearts drop to 1-3 on the season.

At Paul Smith Field

Shelbyville        100    000    0    --    1-3-2

Effingham         000    000    0    --    0-6-3

WP -- Hawkins. LP -- A. Carie.

Shelbyville -- Miller, double; Duckett, single; Standerfer, single; Hatfield, 1 RBI

Effingham -- Heuerman, single; Bone, single; Hayes, single; Frey, single, double; Vail, single

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis edged Highland 4-3 behind a 10-hit attack Thursday in nine innings.

The Wooden Shoes held a 2-0 lead until the fourth when Highland tallied a run and then took a 3-2 lead in the top of the sixth. However, T-town tied the score in the bottom of the sixth then finally won the game in the bottom of the ninth.

T-town was led in hitting by Wenthe with a single and a double and Pruemer with two singles. Ungrund picked up the pitching win, coming on in relief of Pruemer in the sixth. Ungrund threw a three-hitter, allowing two runs, two walks and striking out three. Pruemer allowed three hits, one run and struck out 11.

At Teutopolis

Highland              000    102    000    --    3-  6-1

Teutopolis           011    001    001    --    4-10-2

WP -- Ungrund. LP -- Kauhl.

Highland -- Mason, single; Haberer, home run, 2 RBI; Duncan, single; Geppert, single; Zappia, single, 1 RBI; Stanfield, single

Teutopolis -- Waldhoff, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Wendling, single, 1 RBI; Wenthe, single, double; Pruemer, 2 singles; Goldstein, single; Smith, single; Hardiek, single, 1 RBI

At Pana

St. Elmo downed Pana 6-1. Connor Beasley picked up the pitching win to improve to 1-1 with a three-hitter, two walks and seven strikeouts.

The Eagles had four hits in the contest led by Dalton Parks with two singles and an RBI. St. Elmo improves to 2-2 and is back in action Saturday at Central A&M.

At Pana

St. Elmo          100    130    1    --    6-4-0

Pana                100    000    0    --    1-3-1

WP -- Beasley. LP -- Clark.

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

Pana -- Metzger, single; Zahradka, single; Trexler, single

At Windsor

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg bounced Arcola to the tune of 10-1.

Windsor/Stew-Stras edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead then had a five-run third and finished with a three-run sixth.

Hayden Cole led the way with three hits, one a home run, and four RBI while Alex Allen and Brandon Helmuth had two hits and an RBI each and Vonderheide had two hits. Allen hit a home run. Aaron White was the winning pitcher and improved to 3-0. He gave up one hit, no walks and struck out 11.

Windsor/Stew-Stras will return to play today at Casey-Westfield.

At Windsor

Arcola                                 000    010    0    --     1-  2-1

Windsor/Stew-Stras          105    103    x    --    10-12-0

Arcola -- Still, 1 hit; Warren, 1 hit

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Allen, 2 hits, 1 RBI; Vonderheide, 2 hits; Cole, 3 hits, 4 RBI; Helton, 1 hit; Stremming, 1 hit, 1 RBI; White, 1 hit, 2 RBI; Helmuth, 2 hits, 1 RBI

At Flora

Altamont claimed a 2-1 victory over Flora in action Thursday. The Indians trailed Flora until the third then tied the score at 1-1. The winning run came in the top of the eighth.

Scholes had a hit and an RBI for the winners while Goeckner had a hit. Ruckman was the winning pitcher on a six-hitter with one walk and seven strikeouts.

At  Flora

Altamont           001    000    01   --    2-5-0

Flora                 010    000    00    --    1-6-1

WP -- Ruckman. LP -- Pearce.

Altamont -- Goeckner, single; Ruckman, single; Finn, single; Scholes, single; Ziegler, single

Flora -- Pearce, single; Walden, single, double; Thomas, single; Smith, single; Allison, single

At Louisville

North Clay (Louisville) downed Woodlawn 6-5 to improve to 5-3 on the season.

The Cardinals trailed Woodlawn 4-2 in the top of the fifth but came back with a run in the bottom of the fifth then tallied two in the sixth to lead 5-4. Both teams then tallied single runs in the seventh.

Kehner had a single, home run and an RBI for the winners.

At Louisville

Woodlawn          002    110    1    --    5-8-2

North Clay          002    012    1    --    6-7-4

WP -- Cox. LP -- Kennedy.

At Neoga

Neoga shut out Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 6-0 behind Riley Walk. Walk pitched a two-hitter and struck out 15.

Leading Neoga in hitting were Zach Monroe and Tyler Romack with a double each and  Trevor Moore with a single and a double. The Indians are now 4-2 on the season.

At Neoga

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick          000    000    0    --    0-2-1

Neoga                                               000    042   x    --    6-9-0

WP -- Walk.

Neoga -- Monroe, double, 1 RBI; Moore, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Baker, single, 1 RBI; Baker, single, 1 RBI; Romack, single, double; Albin, single

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- no hits listed.

At Red Hill

Cumberland handed Red Hill (Bridgeport) a 5-2 loss in Little Illini Conference action Thursday.

The Pirates held a 2-1 first inning lead but Red Hill tied the score in the fourth. The Pirates then had a three-run fifth. Blayke Cutts picked up the pitching win on a five-hitter with four walks and five strikeouts.

Godden had a single, triple and five RBI to lead the Pirates.

At Red Hill

Cumberland           200    030    0    --    5-5-2

Red Hill                  100    100    0    --    2-5-2

WP -- Cutts.

Cumberland -- Clark, single; Godden, single, triple, 5 RBI; Talley, single; Clark, single

Other Scores:

Casey-Westfield 8, Oblong 3

Cerro Gordo-Bement 13, Martinsville 0

Taylorville 10, Springfield Lanphier 3

 Mahomet-Seymour 3, Mattoon 2