{"id":37231,"date":"2026-05-05T13:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=37231"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:29:31","slug":"effingham-edges-teutopolis-9-8-in-high-school-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/37231-effingham-edges-teutopolis-9-8-in-high-school-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham Edges Teutopolis 9-8 in High School Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>TEUTOPOLIS &#8212; It was a battle like it almost always is when Effingham and Teutopolis square off in high school baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams met Monday and the Hearts snatched a late lead to edge the Wooden Shoes, 10-9 in a game heard on KJ Country 102.3.<\/p>\n<p>EHS opened with a 2-0 lead in the first inning. With one out, Brody Boehm reached on an error. Carter Braddy followed with a double. Westin Hayes hit a sacrifice fly that scored Boehm. Jude Traub followed with a single that scored Braddy.<\/p>\n<p>The Hearts pushed the lead to 8-0 in the top of the second. With two outs, Wyatt Hayes singled. Andrew Wagoner followed with a single and Brody Boehm drew a walk to load the bases. Braddy then singled home two runners. We. Hayes was hit by a pitch. Traub then singled home another run and Brayden Tucker followed with a single that scored two runs and the Hearts were off and running.<\/p>\n<p>Nolan Schumacher hit a solo homer in the second for T-town.<\/p>\n<p>Teutopolis tallied four runs in the third to pull within 8-5. With one out, Andy Lustig and Davin Worman drew back-to-back walks. Aiden Niemerg then followed by drawing a third walk to load the bases. Jason Kreke singled home a run and a fielder&#8217;s choice on a ball hit by Austin Borries brought home a run. Niemerg scored on an error. Teagan Pals brought another run home with a single.<\/p>\n<p>EHS went up and down in the third and had two runners on base in the fourth but couldn&#8217;t bring them home.<\/p>\n<p>T-town then pushed into a 9-8 lead with four more runs in the fourth, all coming on walks.<\/p>\n<p>Lustig led off with a walk and stole second. Worman followed by drawing a walk as did Niemerg. Kreke followed with a walk that scored a run. Borries then followed with another walk for an RBI. Five walks were issued in the inning producing four runs.<\/p>\n<p>But the Hearts came back in the fifth to move ahead 10-9. With one out, Wyatt Hayes homered. Wagoner then singled followed by a single by Boehm. With two outs, Westin Hayes singled home the second run.<\/p>\n<p>T-town came to bat in the sixth. With one out, Kreke singled and Borries followed with a double. But the Hearts got a strikeout for the second out. Pals drew a walk to load the bases. But a ground out ended the inning.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh, the first two batters struck out. But the Shoes put two runners on as Kreke hit a single and Niemerg was hit by a pitch. But the third out was racked up on a fly ball ending the game.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham finished with 12 hits led by Westin Hayes with a home run and two RBI, Braddy with a single, double and two RBI, Traub with two singles and two RBI and Wyatt Hayes with two singles and an RBI, Andrew Wagoner with two singles and Tucker with a single and two RBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Wooden Shoes were led by Schumacher with a home run and an RBI, Borries with a double and two RBI, Kreke with two singles and two RBI and Pals with a single and an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Westin Hayes picked up the pitching victory. He went 1.2 innings, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out four.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham edged T-town 1-0 in eight innings in freshman\/sophomore action.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams had two hits each. Effingham was led by Dagg Thompson and Ian Kinkelaar with a single each.<\/p>\n<p>T-town was led by Will Bushur and Derek Drees with a single each.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson was the winner on the mound going 7.2 innings, giving up two hits, one walk and striking out seven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Teutopolis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0260\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0020\u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a010-12-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0014\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0400\u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9-\u00a0 \u00a05-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; We. Hayes. LP &#8212; Borries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham &#8212;<\/strong> Wagoner, 2 singles; Bohem, single; Braddy, single, double, 2 RBI; We. Hayes, home run, 2 RBI; Traub, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Tucker, single, 2 RBI; Flack, single, 1 RBI; Wy. Hayes, 2 singles, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis &#8212;<\/strong> Kreke, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Borries, double, 2 RBI; Schumacher, home run, 1 RBI; Pals, single, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freshman\/Sophomore Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 000\u00a0 \u00a0 000\u00a0 \u00a0 01\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 1-2-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 000\u00a0 \u00a0 000\u00a0 \u00a0 00\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 0-2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Thompson. P &#8212; Lynch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham &#8212;<\/strong> Thompson, single; Kinkelaar, single<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis &#8212;<\/strong> Bushur, single; Drees, single<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEUTOPOLIS &#8212; It was a battle like it almost always is when Effingham and Teutopolis square off in high school baseball. 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