This time, the son earned bragging rights.
Logan Fleener ripped a walk-off RBI double Saturday afternoon, handing his dad, Justin (coach), and the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes a 2-1 setback.
The two teams were tied 1-1 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning. After issuing a lead-off walk, T-Town starter Sam Bushur was relieved by Derek Deters, who proceeded to strike out the first two batters he faced, But after a stolen base, Fleener connected with a 2-1 pitch and lined it over the head of THS left-fielder Evan Addis, bringing in the winning run.
The visiting Shoes took a 1-0 lead in the second. With two outs, Dylan Pruemer reached on an error and made it to second base. Luke Koester then delivered a base hit and Pruemer raced home with the run.
The Cardinals combined an error, stolen base and two ground outs to tie the game in the fourth.
Bushur was the tough-luck loser. The junior right-hander pitched six strong innings, allowing just two hits, while walking one and striking out two.
The Shoes dipped to 8-3. They will play three games next week – at home Monday against South Central; Thursday at North Clay; and Saturday in the North Clay Showcase.
Evan Addis and Justin Hardiek proved to be a strong combination Friday afternoon.
Addis fired a three-hitter and Hardiek banged out three hits and drove in four runs, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 7-0 shutout at home over Neoga.
Addis pounded the strike zone throughout. It took the righthander just 80 pitches to go a full seven innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight to improve to 2-0 on the season.
At the plate, Hardiek had a pair of doubles in his three hits. The first drove in a second-inning run and extended T-Town’s lead to 3-0. He capped the day with a bases-clearing two-bagger in the sixth that accounted for the final three runs and broke the game open.
The Shoes ended up with 10 hits. Evan Wermert also had three hits and an RBI.
Teutopolis improved to 8-2 on the season. The Shoes were scheduled to play at North Clay Saturday.
Cade Buehnerkemper turned in five strong innings on the mound and Logan Roepke drove in five runs Saturday afternoon, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 13-3, five-inning victory at home over Altamont.
The Indians got a two-run double from Jared Hammer and scored three times in the opening inning, but Buehnerkemper shut them out the rest of the way. He allowed six hits, while striking out six and not walking a batter.
The Shoes started their comeback in the third. They had two walks, two passed balls, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Roepke to get within 3-2.
THS then took the lead with a four-run fourth. Roepke’s two-run double capped the inning and put the Shoes on top to stay.
The hosts then wrapped it up with a big fifth inning, combining four hits, three walks and a hit batter to tally seven times. Buehnerkemper had a two-run double and Roepke added a two-RBI single in the frame.
The Shoes improved to 6-1, while Altamont dropped to 5-3. T-Town and Altamont will play again Monday afternoon at THS. The Shoes will also host Neoga on Friday and then play at South Central on Saturday.
The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes fell behind by four runs, but rallied to post a 5-4 win at home Monday afternoon over Altamont.
The Indians got a two-run double by Bradin Baucum and added two more runs on a pair of wild pitches to jump out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
But as they have already done several times this fall season, the Shoes were able to come back. They scored once in the bottom of the first and then tallied three more in the third. Evan Addis and Sam Bushur both walked to get things started. Evan Wermert drove in one run with a double, the second run scored on a passed ball and Matt Deters drove in the tying run with an RBI single.
T-Town pushed what proved to be the winning run across in the fourth without getting a hit. They combined a walk, a hit batter, an error and a wild pitch to take the lead.
Kayden Althoff, after allowing those four first-inning runs, blanked the Indians until he was relieved with one out in the seventh. He allowed six hits, while striking out six and walking four. After reaching the 105-pitch limit, Althoff was relieved by Derek Konkel, who inherited a two-on, one-out situation. Konkel responded by striking out both batters he faced to record the save.
The Shoes improved to 7-2 on the season. They will return to action Friday at home against Neoga.
Altamont 10, Teutopolis 6
In the completion of a game that was started August 31, the Indians banged out 13 hits, en route to a 10-6 win over the Shoes.
T-Town jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening inning, but Altamont scored in every at-bat to rally for the win. The Indians scored twice in both the first and second, added single tallies in the third, fourth and sixth and pushed three runners across in the fifth.
Mason Robinson went 3-for-4 in the contest, while Nathan Shepard had a pair of hits and drove in three runs to pace Altamont. Jack Scott also had two hits. Jared Hammer, who relieved in the third inning, got credit for the win.
Brayden Gaddis had a pair of hits and two RBI to lead the THS seven-hit attack. After scoring six runs in the first three innings, the Shoes were held in check over the final four. Kendall Schmidt took the loss.
Kayden Althoff drove in three runs, three pitchers combined to keep Altamont in check and Teutopolis took advantage of eight errors Monday to post a 7-1 road victory.
The tone was set in the opening inning. After two were out, the next six T-Town batters reached base – four of them on errors. Sam Bushur walked, the next two batters reached on errors and Kayden Althoff then delivered a two-run single. The next two batters also reached on errors, allowing two more runs to cross the plate and stake the Shoes to an early 4-0. Lead.
THS added a single tally in the second and two more runs in the seventh and errors directly led to each of them. All seven Teutopolis runs were unearned. Kayden Althoff drove in his third RBI of the game in the seventh and Mitch Althoff capped the scoring with a run-scoring single.
Evan Addis was the starter and got the win. He, along with Caleb Siemer and Dylan Pruemer, combined to allow one run on seven hits. They walked three and struck out four.
Bradin Baucum and Wyatt Phillips both had three hits for Altamont. Tyler Robbins took the loss.
The Shoes improved to 5-1 on the fall season. They will return to action next Monday, Sept. 7, at home against Altamont.
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