St. A Takes Two at Louisville Showcase, Area Baseball Roundup

LOUISVILLE -- Effingham St. Anthony High School nabbed two baseball victories in the Louisville Showcase Saturday.

The Bulldogs downed Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 13-3 in five innings via the 10-run rule. St. Anthony took a 2-0 first inning lead. BCCH took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth but the Bulldogs came back strong in the bottom of the frame, tallying seven runs then had a four-run fifth.

Braden Puckett had a single, double and an RBI for the winners while Zach Gardewne had a single, double and four RBI and Kyle Bourgeois a single, double and an RBI. Taylor Sears and Drew Gibson chipped in with two singles and two RBI each.

BCCH was led by Zane Brandt with the lone hit, a single.

In the second contest, it was home run power as Jacob Lorenz connected on two home runs, going three-for-three in the contest. He drove in two RBI by homering in the first and third innings as the Bulldogs edged North Clay (Louisville) 3-2.

St. Anthony took the lead in the seventh and held on. The Bulldogs went up for good on an RBI single by Drew  Gibson, plating Greg Utz.

At Louisville Showcase

Game One

BCCH                     000    30    --     3-  1-3

St. Anthony          200    74    --    13-11-1

WP -- none listed. LP -- none listed.

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Brandt, single

St. Anthony -- Lorenz, single, 1 RBI; Gibson, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Brad. Puckett, single, double, 1 RBI; Gardewine, single, double, 4 RBI; Bourgeois, single, double, 1 RBI; Sears, 2 singles

Game Two

North Clay            002    000    0    --    2-4-0

St. Anthony          101    000    1    --    3-7-0

WP -- Gibson. LP -- McNeely.

North Clay -- McNeely, single; Byers, single, 1 RBI; Aldrich, 1 RBI; Stinnett, single; Warren, single

St. Anthony -- Lorenz, single, 2 home runs, 2 RBI; Gibson, 2 singles; Utz, single; Levitt, single

At Windsor

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg blanked Ramsey 5-0 in action Saturday.

Windsor/Stew-Stras took a 2-0 first inning lead. The Blue Devils had eight hits in the contesst led by Josh Overbeck with a single and triple, Nic Hutchinson with a douible and Mark Jones with two singles and two RBI.

Tyler Kemper was the winning pitcher on a two-hitter with nine strikeouts.

At Windsor

Ramsey                                 000    000    0    --    0-2

Windsor/Stew-Stras           210    110    x    --    5-8

WP -- Kemper. LP -- Black.

Ramsey -- Hunt, single; Black, single

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Jones, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Hutchinson, double; Kramer, single, 1 RBI; Moschenrose, single, 1 RBI; Armes, 1 RBI; Kramer, single; Overbeck, single, triple

At Ramsey

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick was to host Ramsey but the game was moved because of wet grounds to Ramsey. BCCH picked up the victory in a rain-shortened contest that ended after 4 1/2 innings with BCCH ahead 12-3.

Westen Giles pitched the victory allowing three hits and striking out six. Austin Rexroad and Giles had a single and double each. Rexroad had three RBI while Giles had one. Zane Brandt and Jackson Bales had two singles each. Brandt added an RBI.

BCCH is now 2-1 in the Egyptian-Illini Conference, 2-7 overall.

At Ramsey

Ramsey           002    10    --       3-  3-0

BCCH               322    5x    --    12-11-0

WP -- Giles. LP -- Roberts.

Ramsey -- Hunt, 2 singles; Black, 1 RBI; Mercer, double, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Bales, 2 singles; Rexroad, single, double, 3 RBI; Giles, single, double, 1 RBI; Randall, single; Brandt, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Shelton, single; Stoldt, single