Altamont Beats St. A, Area Baseball Roundup

Altamont High School broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run sixth and defeated Effingham St. Anthony 6-3 in National Trail Conference baseball competition Tuesday.

Altamont edged out to a 2-1 first inning lead. Nick Miller led off the game with a single. With one out, Miller came home on a double by Klaiton Wolff. Wolff scored on a single by Devan Guerrettaz.

The Bulldogs came back with a run in the bottom of the first. Bryar Jansen led off the frame with a single, took second on wild pitch and third on a passed ball. He scored on a ground out by Ben Mendella.

Altamont moved ahead 3-1 in the top of the fourth. Guerrettaz singled and Branden Hosick drew a walk. Alex Biggs had a sacrifice bunt to move the runners over. Kolby Pemberton drew a walk to load the bases. A ground out by N. Miller scored Guerrettaz.

The Bulldogs tied the score in the bottom of the frame. Mendella led off with a single and took second on an error. Drew Gibson reached on a fielder's choice and an error. Greg Utz was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Ethan Greene reached on an error and a run scored. Will Clausius reached on a fielder's choice and the second run scored.

Altamont came back in the sixth to push ahead 6-3. With two outs, Pemberton drew a walk and stole second. He came home on a double by N. Miller. N. Miller scored on a single by Caden Miller. C. Miller came home on a single by Wyatt Vaughn and that's where the scoring ended.

The Indians are now 4-1 in the NTC, 7-2 overall. St. Anthony drops to 2-1 in the conference, 6-4 overall.

At St. Anthony

Altamont                200    103    0    --    6-10-2

St. Anthony           100    200    0    --    3-  4-0

WP -- Wolff. LP -- Levitt.

Altamont -- N. Miller, single, double, 2 RBI; C. Miller, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Wolff, single, double, 1 RBI; Vaughn, single, 1 RBI; Whitt, single; Guerrettaz, 2 singles, 1 RBI

St. Anthony -- Jansen, single; Mendella, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Clausius, 1 RBI; Puckett, double

At Dieterich

South Central edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead and led 2-1 over Dieterich after four. The Cougars tallied one final run for a 3-1 National Trail Conference win.

South Central had eight hits in the contest led by Geiler with two singles, a double and an RBI. Dieterich had five singles by five different players.

Matheny picked up the five-hit pitching win, allowing four walks and striking out four.

At Dieterich

South Central          100    100    1    --    3-8-1

Dieterich                  000    100    0    --    1-5-1

WP -- Matheny. LP -- Thoele.

South Central -- Ratermann, single; Geiler, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Hill, single; Matheny, single; McCown, single, 1 RBI; Blomberg, single, 1 RBI

Dieterich -- McClain, single; Thoele, single; Poe, single; Campton, single, 1 RBI; Esker, single

At Brownstown

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg claimed a 13-10 National Trail Conference win over Brownstown/St. Elmo. The game was called in the top of the seventh inning due to darkness and the game reverted back to the score after six complete innings.

Hutchinson and Kramer had a single and home run each for the winners. Moschenrose had three singles and Kessler two singles and a double.

BSE was led by Isaac Maxey with two singles and a double and Cole Horner and Dalton Denton with a single and double each. BSE drops to 1-4 in the NTC, 3-7 overall.

At Brownstown

WSS            209    011    --    13-12-7

BSE              103    312    --    10-  8-5

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

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Moschenrose, 3 singles; Overbeck, single; Hutchinson, single, home run; Thies, single; Kramer, single, home run; Kessler, 2 singles, double

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Maxey, 2 singles, double; Horner, single, double; Flowers, single, 1 RBI; Brown, 1 RBI; Phlipot, 1 RBI; Himes, 1 RBI; Denton, single, double

At Beecher City

North Clay (Louisville) stepped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and went on to beat Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 14-10.

The Cardinals banged out 10 hits in the contest and were aided by four BCCH errors. VanDyke had a single, double and four RBI for the winners while Repking had four singles and four RBI. Zimmerman added two singles.

BCCH was led by Grove, Rexroad, Sandiford and Nohren with a single each.

At Beecher City

North Clay            301    351    1    --    14-10-0

BCCH                      011    001    0    --      3-  4-4

WP -- Warren. LP -- Miller.

North Clay -- Blank, single, 1 RBI; Aldrich, single, 1 RBI; VanDyke, single, double, 4 RBI; Repking, 4 singles, 4 RBI; Zimmerman, 2 singles

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Grove, single, 1 RBI; Rexroad, single, 1 RBI; Sandiford, single, 1 RBI; Nohren, single