Aiden Lauritzen pitched into the seventh inning and Brock Fearday drove in a pair of runs Monday, helping the St. Anthony Bulldogs record a 7-2 win at home over Mahomet-Seymour.
Lauritzen pitched 6.1 innings and threw 97 pitches. He allowed six hits and a pair of runs in the second inning when the Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead. The righthander walked five and didn’t strike out a batter. Brock Fearday came on in the seventh and recorded the final two outs.
After Mahomet-Seymour took the lead in the second, the Bulldogs began to chip away. They scored a run in the second and tied the game in the third when Fearday delivered a two-out RBI single.
St. Anthony then took control with a four-run fifth. And it all started with two outs. Beau Adams reached on an error and Lauritzen walked. Fearday then drove in the go-ahead run with a base hit. Connor Roepke delivered an RBI double and two more runs scored on errors.
The Bulldogs capped their scoring with a single tally in the seventh, driven in by Henry Brent.
St. Anthony improved to 9-0 on the season. They will be back in action Thursday, playing at home against Troy Triad.
The St. Anthony Bulldogs are still unbeaten, but it took a late-inning rally to stay that way.
The Bulldogs combined five hits, two walks and an error to score seven times in the sixth inning Saturday to come away with an 8-2 win at Charleston.
The host Trojans held a slim 2-1 edge when St. Anthony came to bat in the top of the sixth. Henry Brent both started and capped the rally. He had a lead-off single, but things didn’t really get going until there were two outs. Brock Fearday singled and Connor Roepke walked to load the bases.
Brady Hatton put the Bulldogs on top with a two-run single. After Sam Link got a base hit to load the bases again, two runs scored on an error and another on a double steal. Max Koenig then walked and Brent delivered a two-run double.
Joseph Tegeler pitched five strong innings to get the win. He allowed four hits and two unearned runs, while walking two and striking out five. Nick Ruholl and Link then turned in a pair of scoreless innings to secure the victory.
The Bulldogs improved to 8-0 on the season. They will return home Monday to face Mahomet-Seymour.
By Steve Raymond
ET Sports Report
The postseason can be an exciting time of year.
It can also be brutal.
One sub-par performance and the season is over.
An untimely error or the inability to get hits with runners in scoring position can dash the dreams of advancing and playing in a state tournament.
Such was the case for the St. Anthony Bulldogs.
That state tournament berth was just one win away. And after playing so well for four straight games in the postseason, the trip to Dozer Park in Peoria seemed very much within grasp.
But that quest ended Monday afternoon when the Bulldogs suffered a tough 6-5 defeat to Goreville in the Carbondale Super Sectional, played at Itchy Jones Stadium on the campus at Southern Illinois University.
A couple of errors allowed three unearned runs to score. And those timely hits, which had been delivered game after game this season, just weren’t there, resulting in nine runners being stranded on the bases – five in scoring position.
It’s virtually impossible to experience those things in the postseason and advance.
Connor Roepke homered and had five RBI and Brock Fearday didn’t allow a run, helping the St. Anthony Bulldogs post a 12-0, five-inning victory Tuesday afternoon at Mattoon.
Roepke delivered the big hit of the game in the first inning. Beau Adams led off the game with a double and went to third on a base hit by Brock Fearday. Roepke then blasted a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence to stake the Bulldogs to a quick 3-0 lead.
The next batter, Brady Hatton, made it back-to-back dingers by also depositing a pitch over left field fence. A pair of Mattoon errors helped St. Anthony score a fifth run in the opening frame.
The Bulldogs scored two runs in the second and third and capped the scoring with a three-run fifth.
They finished with 14 hits, with Roepke and Will Fearday both collecting three. Roepke added RBI singles in the second and fifth innings. Adams, Aiden Lauritzen and Brock Fearday each had two hits.
Brock Fearday scattered six innings over five innings for work. The righthander walked just one and struck out eight in his 77-pitch performance.
The Bulldogs improved to 7-0 on the season. They are scheduled to return to action today (Wednesday), playing at home against South Central. They will then travel to Mt. Zion on Thursday and compete in the Tuscola Invitational on Saturday.
By Steve Raymond
ET Sports Report
Last Saturday’s 12-inning marathon victory for the regional championship was thrilling.
But it left St. Anthony a bit short on pitching.
Both Brock Fearday and Eli Levitt amassed high pitch counts, leaving both hurlers unavailable for Wednesday night’s sectional opener.
But Brock Jansen delivered exactly what the Bulldogs needed.
The senior righthander gave up just two hits and didn’t allow a run to score.
Jansen’s pitching, plus the Bulldogs’ potent lineup simply overwhelmed Casey-Westfield. While Jansen was blanking the Warriors, St. Anthony sent a steady stream of baserunners across home plate.
When the final out was recorded, the Bulldogs had a dominating 13-0, five-inning victory and a berth in the Altamont Class 1A Sectional championship.
“We were down two pitchers, so we needed a good start out of Brock,” said SAHS coach Tony Kreke. “He threw good quality pitches and a lot of strikes, which is important. Brock really came through for us tonight.”
Jansen worked four innings and threw just 47 pitches. He walked one and struck out two. Aiden Lauritzen came on in the fifth and allowed one walk.
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