Austin Borries threw a two-hitter and belted a two-run homer Friday afternoon, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to an 11-0, five-inning victory at home over Marshall.

Borries struck out the first six batters he faced, fanned the side in the fifth and finished with 13 K’s in the game. He allowed only a third-inning double and fourth-inning single. He walked just one batter to improve to 4-2 on the season.

The Wooden Shoes took control in the third, erupting for eight runs. Brett Kreke and Garrett Gaddis got it started with back-to-back walks. With one out, Mick Niebrugge ripped a two-run double to get T-Town on the scoreboard.  After Evan Waldhoff walked, Mitch Koester had an RBI double and another run scored on an error.

But the Shoes weren’t finished. Zac Niebrugge added a two-run double and Kreke and Gaddis capped the inning with RBI hits.

THS added three more tallies in the fourth, two of those coming in on the home run by Borries.

The Shoes, now 16-8, will play another home game Monday against Effingham.

Garrett Gaddis, Mitch Koester and Mick Niebrugge each drove in three runs Monday night, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post a 13-3, five-inning home win over South Central on Senior Night.

Gaddis went 4-for-4 in the game and scored five runs to go along with his three RBI, while Koester had three hits and Mick Niebrugge added a pair in the team’s 14-hit attack.

Koester and Mick Niebrugge both had run-scoring singles, helping the Shoes grad an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.

T-Town added five more tallies in the second. Zac Niebrugge, Brett Kreke and Gaddis all singled to load the bases. Mick Niebrugge drove in a pair of runs with a base hit, Joey Niebrugge added an RBI single and two runs scored on two South Central errors.

THS added two more runs in the third, a single tally in the fourth and ended the game with a three-run fifth.

Evan Waldhoff pitched the first four innings to get the win. He didn’t allow a hit, while walking two and striking out four. Carter Hoene pitched the fifth, giving up one hit.

The Shoes improved to 14-8 on the season. They will play today (Tuesday) at Newton.

Mitch Koester got a week’s worth of hits.

And it took just seven innings.

Koester went 5-for-5 at the plate, drove in three runs and scored four times, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 13-5 victory Thursday at Mattoon.

Koester singled in the first and third, smacked a double in the fifth, added an RBI single in the sixth and capped his day with a two-run double in the five-run seventh that broke the game open.

T-Town and Mattoon were tied 4-4 after four innings. The Shoes then went on top to stay with a pair of runs in the fifth.

Koester led things off with a double. With one out, Joey Niebrugge delivered a run-scoring double and then scored when Brett Kreke added an RBI single.

THS added two more runs in the sixth and then combined two hits, two walks and two Mattoon errors to push five more runs across in the seventh.

Garrett Gaddis went the first four innings to get the win. He allowed eight hits and four runs, while walking two and striking out four. Andrew Probst and Joey Niebrugge took care of the final three innings.

The Shoes, now 15-8, will be back in action today (Friday), playing at home against Marshall. They will then travel to Pleasant Plains on Saturday.

When a baseball team commits more errors than they score runs, the outcome is generally not a good one.

That was certainly the case Saturday for the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes in a round robin. The Shoes scored a total of four runs in two games, but were guilty of six errors.

T-Town committed five of those errors in its opener, resulting in three unearned runs, and a 5-3 setback to the host Freeburg squad.

In the second game, an error led to an unearned run in the first inning, helping Waterloo Gibault Catholic post a 2-1 decision.

In the first contest, the Shoes jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the opening inning. Davin Worman got it started with a one-out solo home run. Then with two outs, Austin Borries singled, Mitch Koester walked and Evan Waldhoff was hit by a pitch to load the bases. An error by Freeburg then allowed two more runs to cross the plate.

Teutopolis had only two more hits the rest of the way – singles by Zac Niebrugge in the second and Brett Kreke in the sixth.

The host Midgets scored twice in the first and third innings and added a single tally in the fifth.

Logan Lawson took the loss. He pitched 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and four runs – only two earned. Joey Niebrugge pitched the final 1.2 innings.

The Shoes jumped on top in the second game, as well. Garrett Gaddis had a lead-off single, went to second on a ground ball and scored on a base hit by Mick Niebrugge. Two walks loaded the bases, but as would be the case throughout the game, T-Town just couldn’t get the big hit with runners on base.

The Shoes had five hits in the game – three by Gaddis and two by Mick Niebrugge -- received four walks, had a hit batter and two runners reach on errors. But they ended up stranding 10 base runners for the game.

Gibault Catholic got single tallies in the first and third innings and that proved to be enough.

Gaddis pitched a strong five innings, allowing five hits and two runs – only one earned. He walked two and struck out six. Waldhoff pitched one scoreless inning.

The Shoes, now 13-8, will return home Monday to play South Central.