Bulldogs Edge North Clay, T-Town Wins

North Clay (Louisville) edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead but St. Anthony came back with a run in the second to knot the score and then tallied two in the third for a 3-1 victory Monday in high school baseball action.

Lovett led off the first for the Cardinals with a single. Gibson struck out the next two batters before Van Dyke singled. Both runners advanced on an error. North Clay then scored on an error on a ball hit by Blank.

(DREW GIBSON HURLED ST. ANTHONY TO THE WIN IN THE SQUAD'S SEASON OPENER MONDAY, AND ALSO CONTRIBUTED WITH THE BAT)

St. Anthony came back in the third as Brandon Puckett drew a walk. Will Clausius reached on an error. Eli Levitt drew a walk to load the bases. Bryar Jansen was then hit by a pitch that brought Puckett home to tie the score.

The Bulldogs then tallied two runs in the third as Gibson drew a walk and Greg Utz followed with a single. North Clay committed an error on a ball hit by Ethan Greene to load the bases. Puckett drew another walk. Ben Mendella then had a sacrifice that tallied the second run.

Drew Gibson picked up the pitching win, going six innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out six. Gibson finished with a double and two walks in three at-bats.

(NORTH CLAY'S REPKING PITCHED A SOLID GAME, ALLOWING THREE RUNS IN FIVE INNINGS OF WORK)

At St. Anthony

North Clay               100    000    0    --    1-5-3

St. Anthony             012    000    x     --    3-2-2

WP -- Gibson. LP -- Repking.

North Clay -- Lovett, single; Van Dyke, single, 1 RBI; Blank, single; Van Dyke, single; No. 29, single

St. Anthony -- Jansen, 1 RBI; Gibson, double; Utz, single; Mendella, 1 RBI

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis picked up a 7-2 win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg in action Monday.

Lee Hardiek claimed the pitching win as the Wooden Shoes improved to 1-0 on the season. The score was knotted at 2-2 after three innings before T-town tallied a run in the fourth, fifth and three in the sixth.

The Shoes had 11 hits in the contest led by Hartke with a single and double and Roepke with two singles.

Windsor/Stew-Stras was led by Hutchinson, Theis and Kramer with a hit each. The game was also the season opener for WSS.

T-town will host St. Anthony Wednesday at 7 p.m.

At Teutopolis

Windsor/Stew-Stras            002    000    0    --    2-  3-4

Teutopolis                            101    113    0    --    7-11-0

WP -- Smith. LP--Moschenrose.

Teutopolis -- Roepke, 2 singles; Hartke, single, double

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Hutchinson, single; Theis, single; Kramer, single