Published on April 22, 2026 7:23 am
Last Updated on April 22, 2026 7:24 am
The scoring occurred in the later innings as Teutopolis bounced Effingham St. Anthony to the tune of 12-3 Tuesday.
St. Anthony’s Henry Brent singled in the second but was out on a fielder’s choice and the Bulldogs couldn’t bring the runner home.
The first four innings, the two teams battled to a 0-0 tie. T-town had the best scoring opportunity in the third and fourth innings. The Shoes’ Michael Habing drew a walk in the third and stole second. Davin Worman also drew a walk. Habing reached third but was left stranded.
In the fourth, T-town’s Austin Borries drew a walk. With two outs, Caleb Deters and Teagan Pals had back-to-back singles to load the bases. But the Shoes couldn’t get a runner home.
T-town then produced two runs to move ahead in the fifth. With one out, Worman singled followed by a single off the bat of Aiden Niemerg. A ground out by Bryce Niebrugge produced an RBI and Borries followed with a double, scoring the second run.
Teutopolis then pushed its lead to 7-0 in the sixth. Deters singled to open the frame. With one out, Habing drew a walk, Andy Lustig then singled. With two outs. Aiden Niemerg singled home a run. The Bulldogs then changed pitchers.
Jason Kreke drew a walk and Borries followed with a double that produced three RBI and the lead stood at 7-0.
St. Anthony finally broke loose with three runs in the sixth. Ben McDonald led off with a single. Curtis Tingley followed with a double. Blake Verdeyen singled home a run. A wild pitch brought Tingley home and Verdeyen took second. Alex Mayer hit a single scoring another run and the Bulldogs had pulled within 7-3.
But the Wooden Shoes socked this game totally away, scoring five more runs in the seventh. Deters opened the frame with a single. With one out, Habing drew his third walk of the game. Lustig followed with his second single. Worman singled home a run. With two outs, Kreke hit a home run and when the dust had cleared, the Shoes led 12-3 and that’s where the scoring ended as St. Anthony went up and down in order in the seventh.
The Shoes finished with 13 hits led by Borries with a single, two doubles and four RBI and Kreke with a home run and five RBI.
T-town improved to 14-4 on the season while St. Anthony dropped to 10-4.
The Shoes host Mount Zion Thursday in a 4:30 p.m. contest while St. Anthony doesn’t return to action until Friday when the Bulldogs will play host to Charleston, also at 4:30 p.m.
At St. Anthony
Teutopolis 000 025 5 — 12-13-1
St. Anthony 000 003 0 — 3- 6-2
WP — Deters. LP — Lauritzen.
Teutopolis — Worman, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Niemerg, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Kreke, home run, 5 RBI; Borries, single, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; Deters, 2 singles; Niebrugge, single; Lustig, 2 singles
St. Anthony — Tingley, double; Verdeyen, single, 1 RBI; Mayer, single, 1 RBI; Spour, 2 singles; McDonald, single