There were runners all over the basepaths Monday in Altamont.
Combined, the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes and host Indians left 23 runners stranded. The Shoes had one fewer and that proved to be the difference.
T-Town scored four runs in the second inning and that proved to be enough, as the Shoes hung on for a 4-3 win at Altamont in the first game of a doubleheader.
The Indians came back to post a 5-3 win in the nightcap.
There were 19 hits in that first game and also eight errors that resulted in four of the seven total runs scored being unearned.
And the Indians left 12 runners on, including eight in the final three innings. They stranded the bases loaded in both the fifth and sixth innings and then had their first two batters reach base in the bottom of the seventh, before their final three hitters were retired.
After Altamont took a 1-0 lead in the first, the Shoes came back with a four-run second. Derek Konkel, Max Niebrugge and Caleb Bloemer all singled to start the inning and load the bases. After the next two batters were retired on short fly balls, a wild pitch let in the first run, an error allowed two more runs to score and Dylan Pruemer capped the inning with an RBI double.
The Indians got run-scoring hits from Jared Hammer in the third and Kienon Eirhart in the fifth to close the gap to just one run. Altamont had a good chance to tie the game or even take the lead, but the left three runners on in fifth and again in the sixth.
Cade Buehnerkemper went the first four innings to get the win. He allowed five hits and two runs, while walking two. Caleb Siemer pitched the final three frames to earn the save.
It was the Indians turn to hold on in the nightcap. They scored five runs over the first four innings before T-Town rallied in the sixth.
With two outs, Tyler Schwerdt singled and Luke Koester walked. Ben Goeckner then delivered an RBI single to get THS on the board. The final two runs scored on a wild pitch and an error.
Garrett Gaddis took the loss. He went three innings, allowing just one hit and three unearned runs. In fact, due to three T-Town errors, all five of Altamont’s runs were unearned.
Mason Robinson had a two-run single for the Indians in the third and Tyler Robbins added a two-run base hit in the fourth. The Indians are 13-13.
The Shoes are now 19-9 on the season. They will be back in action today (Tuesday) at Benton.
The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes baseball team appears to be peaking.
But that shouldn’t be a big surprise. It seems to happen every year as the postseason approaches.
The Shoes posted three good wins over three very good baseball teams this weekend to capture the Tiger Classic in Edwardsville.
THS opened with a 4-2 win Friday night over the tournament hosts and then followed up with a 1-0 win over Glenwood-Chatham Saturday morning in the semifinals and a walk-off 4-3 victory over Highland later that afternoon in the championship game.
The Shoes didn’t get a lot of offense – 9 runs and 10 total hits in the three games – but their pitching was outstanding. Sam Bushur and Kayden Althoff both turned in complete games and Derek Konkel came within two outs of doing the same thing.
And they claimed the tourney title in exciting fashion, using Cade Buehnerkemper’s walk-off sacrifice fly to beat Highland.
That game was tied 2-2 as the Shoes came to bat in the bottom of the sixth. Bushur walked, Buehnerkemper singled and Mitch Althoff was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Dylan Pruemer then lifted a sacrifice fly to drive in the go-ahead run.
After the Bulldogs tied the game in the top of the seventh, the Shoes loaded the bases again in the bottom of the frame. Caleb Siemer walked, Konkel singled and Luke Koester received an intentional pass. Buehnerkemper then hit a fly ball to centerfield and courtesy runner Jonathan Kemme streaked home with the winning run, clinching the victory and the championship.
By Steve Raymond
ET Sports Report
When the lead-off hitter comes to the plate for the third time – and the game is only in the second inning – that’s a great sign for a team.
Such was the case Monday afternoon in Teutopolis.
T-Town’s lead-off hitter Sam Bushur had three hits and three RBI and the final out of the second inning hadn’t been recorded yet.
Two of Bushur’s hits and all three RBI were part of a 10-run second inning that propelled the Wooden Shoes to an 11-0, five-inning win at home over the Effingham Flaming Hearts.
“It’s a great feeling if your lead-off batter is up for the second time in the second inning,” THS coach Justin Fleener noted. “But a third time is really good. You don’t see that very often.”
Bushur was the catalyst for the first-inning run, ripping an 0-1 pitch to the fence in left-centerfield for a lead-off double. He scored on an error.
It was the second inning that blew the game open. Caleb Siemer and Derek Konkel had back-to-back singles and Caleb Bloemer walked to load the bases. Bushur then grounded an 0-2 pitch between third and short, driving in the first two runs of the inning. When the ball was misplayed in the outfield, the third run scored and Bushur ended up at second base.
What a game for Collyn Ballard.
He belted a grand slam and then a three-run shot to drive in seven runs and lead the North Clay Cardinals to a 10-2 win at home Tuesday over Teutopolis.
North Clay got two hits and a walk to load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the second. Ballard then sent a 3-2 pitch sailing over the leftfield fence to stake the hosts to a 4-0 lead.
The Cardinals led 5-1 when they came to bat in the fifth. After two singles to start the inning, Ballard struck again, blasting the first pitch he saw over the centerfield fence for a three-run homer. Later in the inning, Bryton Griffy added a two-run blast.
Both of the THS runs came via the long ball as well. Sam Bushur went deep in the third and Derek Konkel added a solo shot in the seventh.
Cade Buehnerkemper started for the Shoes. He was touched for three hits and four runs in 1.2 innings of work. Ben Goeckner, Peyton Tegeler, Caleb Siemer and Garrett Gaddis also pitched.
Donnie Zimmerman turned in a complete game for the Cardinals, who improved to 23-3. Zimmerman allowed four hits and two runs, while walking two and striking out seven. He is now 7-0 this spring.
The Shoes dropped to 15-8 on the season. They will play Friday and Saturday at the Tiger Classic in Edwardsville.
Derek Konkel and Dylan Pruemer allowed only one unearned run in two games, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post a pair of wins at home Friday night.
Konkel went 5.2 innings, allowing six hits and one unearned tally, as the Shoes posted a 9-1 win over Marshall in the opener of the three-game round robin.
After Pleasant Plains got by Marshall 8-7 in Game 2, Pruemer took the mound for the Shoes and blanked Pleasant Plains on just three hits in five innings. T-Town had plenty of offense, rolling to a 10-0 victory.
Evan Waldhoff pitched 1.1 innings of hitless baseball in relief of Konkel, who reached his pitch limit in the fifth. Combined, the three hurlers allowed nine hits, while walking just one and striking out 17 in 12 total innings of work.
In the first contest, the Shoes scored singled tallies in each of the first three innings, added four in the fourth and closed out their scoring with a two-run sixth.
In the fourth, Pruemer and Garrett Gaddis walked and Konkel was hit by a pitch to load the bases. With two outs, Sam Busher delivered a two-run double and Cade Buehnerkemper followed with a base hit that drove in two more.
In the nightcap, it was a five-run second that put the Shoes in control. After Buehnerkemper had an RBI single in the opening inning, Konkel start the second by reaching base after strike three got away from the Pleasant Plains catcher. T-Town proceeded to score five times on just two hits.
Max Niebrugge had a single and Bushur reached on an error to load the bases. Buehnerkemper, Pruemer and Caleb Siemer each drew bases-loaded walks to force in three of the runs and Kayden Althoff had a two-run single.
THS added three runs in the third, one scoring on a Mitch Althoff RBI single, and closed the gap with a single tally in the fifth thanks to three walks and an error.
The Shoes improved to 14-7 on the season. They will play at home again Monday against Effingham. Game time is 4:30 p.m.
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