Mt. Vernon Beats EHS, Area Baseball Roundup

MOUNT VERNON -- Mason Hull pitched six innings, allowing five hits, no walks and three strikeouts but Effingham High School still fell to Mount Vernon 4-1 in baseball action Tuesday.

Quinton Kujawa got the win for the Rams. He allowed one run over six innings, struck out six, walked two and surrendered five hits.

The score was tied at 1-1 after the first inning before the Rams pushed ahead with two runs in the third. Mount Vernon tacked on a final run in the sixth.

In the first inning, Effingham pushed across its only run of the day on an RBI single by Michael Woltman. Mount Vernon scored on a sacrifice fly by Blake Jones.

Both teams had five hits. EHS was led by Brent Beals with two singles and Woltman with two singles and an RBI.

Effingham won the junior varsity game, 9-3. Bryce Lohman hit a home run for the Hearts while Zach Lee got the pitching win.

At Mount Vernon

Effingham                    100    000    0    --    1-5-3

Mount Vernon            102     001    x    --    4-5-1

WP -- Kujawa. LP -- Hull.

Effingham -- White, single; Beals, 2 singles; Woltman, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Mount Vernon -- Fitzjerrells, single; Jones, single, double, 3 RBI; Hayes, 2 singles, 1 RBI

At Flora

Flora claimed a 2-1 win over Effingham St. Anthony in action Tuesday.

The Bulldogs held a 1-0 first inning lead. Flora came back in the bottom of the seventh to rally for two runs and the victory.

St. Anthony had five hits led by Bryar Jansen with two singles. Greg Utz added a double.

At Flora

St. Anthony          100    000    0    --    1-5-1

Flora                     000    000    2    --    2-8-1

WP -- Nicholson. LP -- Koester.

St. Anthony --Jansen, 2 singles; Utz, double

Flora -- Gaither, 2 singles; Anderson, 2 singles.

At Brownstown

Neoga tallied a 10-6 victory over Brownstown/St. Elmo with a four-run eighth inning.

The two teams were tied at 6-6, sending the game into the extra inning. Jordan Hoedebecke had the go-ahead single and Matt Kingery followed with a three-run home run.

"There were four straight two-out base hits in the eighth inning starting with Jimmy Wood and Layne Andrews followed by the hits by Hoedebecke and Kingery," said Neoga Coach Zach Miller. "Layne hit his fourth single of the day."

Neoga improves to 3-5 on the season.

Lewis Brown led BSE with a single, double and an RBI and Noah Flowers had a home run and an RBI. BSE drops to 1-5.

At Brownstown

Neoga             110    210    14    --    10-15-0

BSE                 102    100    20    --     6- 7-2

WP -- Easton. LP -- Brown.

Neoga -- Kingery, home run, 3 RBI; Ramert, triple, 1 RBI; Hill, single, double, triple, 2 RBI; Walk, single, double, 2 RBI; Easton, single; Yurs, single; Nees, 1 RBI; Wood, single; Andrews, 4 singles; Hoedebecke, single, 1 RBI

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Brown, single, double, 1 RBI; Horner, double, 2 RBI; Flowers, home run, 1 RBI; Philpot, single; Maxey, single; Denton, double

At Dieterich

North Clay (Louisville) and Dieterich were tied at 1-1 after four innings. The Movin' Maroons moved ahead with a run in the fifth then tacked on a final run in the sixth for a 3-1 victory.

Goedde and Campton had two singles each. Goedde had one RBI and Campton two RBI. Thoele had a double.

North Clay had three hits, all singles by Warren, Repking and Blank.

At Dieterich

North Clay             001    000    0    --    1-3-4

Dieterich               001    011    x    --    3-6-1

WP -- Thoele. LP -- Repking.

North Clay -- Warren, single, 1 RBI; Repking, single; Blank, single

Dieterich -- Goedde, 2 singles, 1 RBI; C. Thoele, double; Poe, single; Campton, 2 singles, 1 RBI

At Altamont

Altamont scored in the third and fourth innings on only one hit and blanked Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 3-0 Tuesday.

N. Miller picked up the pitching win on a three-hitter with one walk and 10 strikeouts. Whitt had a double for the Indians' lone hit.

Britt was the first pitcher for CORL and threw a one-hitter with seven walks and three strikeouts. Young came on in the fourth inning and picked up the loss on a no-hitter with two strikeouts.

At Altamont

CORL                 000    000    0    --    0-3-1

Altamont          001    200    x    --    3-1-0

WP -- Miller. LP -- Young.

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran -- T. Britt, 2 singles; A. Britt, single

Altamont -- Whitt, double

At Beecher City

Odin took the early lead with a run in the first and went on to beat Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 7-2.

Hofsetter led the winners with two singles, a double and an RBI.

BCCH had four hits, all singles by Grove, Doty, M. Nohren and Moeller.

At Beecher City

Odin            110    104    0    --    7-7-2

BCCH          001    010    0    --    2-4-3

WP -- Nix. LP -- Rexroad.

Odin -- Cain, single; Herrin, single, 1 RBI; Nix, single; Roberts, single, 1 RBI; Hofsetter, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Smith, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Grove, single; Doty, single, 1 RBI; M. Nohren, single, 1 RBI; Moeller, single

At Mulberry Grove

South Central blanked Mulberry Grove 5-0 in action Tuesday.

The Cougars edged out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning then had two-run innings in the fifth and sixth.

Geiler picked up the pitching win, going five innings, allowing two hits, three walks and striking out nine.

Ratermann had two singles. The Cougars improve to 1-1 on the season.

At Mulberry Grove

South Central              001    022    0    --    5-6-1

Mulberry Grove           000    000    0    --    0-3-4

WP -- Geiler. LP -- Jernigen.

South  Central -- Ratermann, 2 singles

Mulberry  Grove -- Iberg, 2 singles

OTHER SCORES:

Charleston 6, Urbana 0

Mount Zion 10, Glenbrook South 6

Argenta-Oreana 13, Taylorville 0

Shelbyville 1, Clinton 0

Oblong 5, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 0