Altamont Downs Vandalia, Splits With T-town in Legion Play
Published on June 23 2014 4:28 am
Last Updated on June 23 2014 4:28 am
Written by Millie Lange
VANDALIA -- Altamont Post 512 claimed a doubleheader victory over Vandalia Post 95 in Friday baseball competition.
Altamont won the opener 4-2. Altamont took a 1-0 first inning lead then tallied another run in the second and two in the fourth. Nick Miller pitched a nine-hitter with one walk and seven strikeouts.
Klaiton Wolff had two singles and an RBI while Kaleb Whitt had a triple and Devon Gurrettaz a double.
In the second contest, Post 512 came from an 8-5 deficit to pull out a 12-8 victory. Altamont had eight hits led by Whitt with two singles and two RBI and Sam Childerson with two singles.
At Vandalia
Game One
Altamont Post 512 110 200 0 -- 4-6-0
Vandalia Post 95 000 002 0 -- 2-9-2
WP -- Miller. LP -- M. Rademacher.
Altamont Post 512 -- Wolff, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Whitt, triple; Miller, single, 1 RBI; Guerrettaz, double; Caraveloo, single; Miller, 1 RBI
Vandalia Post 95 -- no hits listed
Game Two
Altamont Post 512 005 022 3 -- 12- 8-1
Vandalia Post 95 005 300 0 -- 8-10-4
WP -- Grove. LP -- Cassidy.
Altamont Post 512 -- Whitt, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Childerson, 2 singles; Grove, single; Wolff, single, 1 RBI; Rexroad, single, 1 RBI; Pemberton, single; Higgs, 1 RBI; Freezeland, 1 RBI
Vandalia Post 95 -- no hits listed
At Teutopolis
Altamont Post 512 and Teutopolis Post 924 split victories in Sunday competition.
Post 512 took the opener 8-5. The score was knotted at 2-2 after three innings. T-town took a 5-3 lead after four. Altamont tied the score in the top of the fifth then scored three in the eighth to pull out the win.
Caden Miller had a double and drove in three runs for the winners while Cody Grove had two singles and an RBI.
In the second game, Teutopolis Post 924 was a 9-6 winner. Post 924 moved ahead 3-2 in the first but Altamont came back to score two in the second , one in the third and one in the top of the fourth to lead 6-5. Teutopolis then had a four-run bottom of the fourth to pull out the victory.
Dylan Bloemer was the winning pitcher for T-town.
At Teutopolis
Game One
Altamont Post 512 200 120 03 -- 8-8-4
Tetuopoils Post 924 110 300 00 -- 5-4-4
WP -- Wolff. LP -- Kitten.
Altamont Post 512 -- Miller, double, 3 RBI; Wolff, single, 2 RBI; Grove, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Childerson, single; Caravello, single, 1 RBI; Guerrettaz, single; Rexroad, single
Teutoopolis Post 924 -- no hits listed
Game Two
Altamont Post 512 221 10 -- 6-3-3
Teutopolis Post 924 320 4x -- 9-9-1
Wp -- Bloemer. LP -- Whitt.
Altamont Post 512 -- Grove, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Miller, triple, 2 RBI; Kopplin, 1 RBI
Teutopolis Post 924 -- no hits listed