Hearts Pick Up Doubleheader Baseball Win

Effingham High School claimed a doubleheader baseball victory over Mount Carmel Saturday.

Braydon Bone had two extras base hits in the opening game to lead the Hearts to a 7-3 win. He doubled in the first imning and tripled in the second. Hudson Graham struck out 13 batters in the win. He allowed two earned runs, three hits and five walks over 6 1/3 innings.

Carter Hayes had a solo home run while Michael Woltman had a single and double and Graham two singles and an RBI.

In the second game, Hayes went two-for-three with a home run sparking the Hearts to a 3-0 win. 

Lake Koenig kept Mount  Carmel off the scoreboard for all seven innings as he pitched a shutout, allowing no opposing players to cross the plate on four hits while ringing up nine.

The Hearts took a 2-0 first inning lead as Hayes homered, his ninth of the season. He also had a single. Adam Koester had a double.

At Effingham

Game One

Mount Carmel           002    000    1    --    3-3-3

Effingham                 123     010    x    --    7-8-0

WP -- Graham. LP -- Rich.

Mount Carmel -- Smith, single; Rich, 1 RBI; Rue, single, 1 RBI; Peterson, single

Effingham -- Bone, double, triple, 1 RBI; Poland, single, 1 RBI; Hayes, home run, 1 RBI; Graham, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Woltman, single, double; Barnes, 1 RBI

Game Two

Mount Carmel          000    000    0    --    0-4-1

Effingham                201    000    x    --    3-4-0

WP -- Koenig. LP -- Stringfellow.

Mount Carmel -- Hocking, single; Smith, single; Rue, 2 singles

Effingham -- Koester, double; Poland, single, 1 RBI; Hayes, single, home run, 1 RBI