EHS, Charleston Split DH, Area Baseball Roundup

Effingham High School split baseball victories with Charleston in Apollo Conference action Saturday.

The Trojans won the opener 3-1. The game was scoreless until Charleston broke the ice with one run in the fifth. Charleston scored on an RBI single by Carver.

Effingham's lone run of the ballgame came in the fifth when Mason Hull was hit by a pitch.

The Trojans came back to take the lead in the top of the seventh with two runs on a sacrifice by Armstrong and an RBI single by Gubbins.

In the second game,  Brent Beals powered Effingham at the plate and on the rubber as the Hearts edged Charleston 5-4.

Beals got a hit in each of his three at-bats. He singled in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Beals worked out of seven tricky spots for the Hearts. He pitched two-thirds of an inning and allowed no earned runs on no hits. Beals faced his trickiest spot in the seventh.

The teams traded runs for most of the contest and had five lead changes in the game. EHS moved ahead in the seventh and held on for the victory. Brett Koester hit an RBI double bringing home Michael Woltman for the go-ahead run.

The Effingham junior varsity split games. EHS won 11-9 before Charleston won 7-4.

The Hearts are now 1-1 in the conference, 7-3 overall.

At Effingham

Game One

Charleston          000    010    2    --    3-6-2

Effingham           000    010    0    --    1-8-0

WP -- Sweeney. LP -- Graham.

Charleston -- Beard, 3 singles; Carver, single; Gubbins, single, 1 RBI; Armstrong, 1 RBI; Crews, single

Effingham -- Beals, 2 singles; White, single; Woltman, single; Graham, single; Koester, single; Hull, single; Buhrman, single

Game Two

Charleston          010    300    0    --    4-8-2

Effingham           300    100    1    --    5-7-2

WP -- Beals. LP -- Buescher.

Charleston -- Beard, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Wilson, single; Crews, 2 singles; Braden, single; Beuscher, single, 1 RBI

Effingham -- Beals, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Koenig, single; Hull, single; Graham, 2 RBI; Koester, double, 1 RBI; Schafer, single

At Tuscola

Effingham St. Anthony picked up two victories in the Tuscola Invitational Saturday.

The Bulldogs beat host Tuscola 11-6 behind some heavy-duty hitting. Drew Gibson had a single, home run and an RBI while Greg Utz had a single, double and an RBI and Adam Levitt a home run and six RBI.

The Bulldogs held a 4-2 lead until the fifth then the score was tied at 5-5. St. Anthony pushed ahead with two runs in the sixth and finished out with a four-run seventh.

In the second contest, St. Anthony edged Salt Fork 2-1. The Bulldogs scored their two innings in the first then held off a challenge by Salt Fork.

Utz had a double andn drove in a run. Brandon Puckett was the winning pitcher on a three-hitter with three walks and eight strikouts.

Tuscola Invitational

Game One

St. Anthony          400    012    4    --    11-8-1

Tuscola                 200    031    0    --     6-9-3

St. Anthony -- Gibson, single, home run, 1 RBI; Kline, single; Utz, single, double, 1 RBI; Greene, single; Kabbes, single, 1 RBI; Levitt, home run, 6 RBI; Guy, 1 RBI

Tuscola -- no names listed

Game Two

St. Anthony            200    000    0    --    2-3-0

Salt Fork                 000    001    0    --    1-3-2

WP -- Puckett. LP -- no name listed

St. Anthony -- Kline, single; Utz, double, 1 RBI; Kabbes, single

Salt Fork -- no names listed

At Vandalia

Brownstown/St. Elmo competed in the Vandalia Round Robin Tournament Saturday and fell in two games.

BSE lost to Vandalia in the opener 3-1. Vandalia tallied a run in the first and BSE tied in the top of the sixth. But the Vandals came back in the bottom of the sixth to score two runs for the win.

Nate Philpot had two singles and an RBI for BSE.

In the second game, Okawville was a 7-1 winner. The two teams were scored at 1-1 in the first before Okawville tallied two in the fourth, one in the fifth and three in the sixth.

Lewis Brown had a double for BSE. Brownstown/St. Elmo drops to 4-9 on the season.

Vandalia Tournament

Game One

BSE                    000    001    0    --    1-4-3

Vandalia           100    002    x    --    3-2-1

WP -- Gelsinger. LP -- Feezel.

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Brown, single; Flowers, single; Philpot, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Vandalia -- Jones, single; McNary, single

Game Two

BSE                     100    000    0    --    1-3-0

Okawville          100     213    x    --    7-8-0

WP -- Killion. LP -- Brown.

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Brown, double; Horner, single; Brooks, single

Okawville -- Madrid, single, 1 RBI; Fuhrhop, single, home run, 3 RBI; Jillion, single; Harre, 2 singles; Aubel, single, 1 RBI; Krohne, triple

At Neoga

Neoga blanked Tri-County 11-0 in five innings via the 10-run rule Saturday.

The Indians edged out to a 2-0 first inning lead then had a six-run third and a three-run fourth.

Guy Walk picked up the pitching win, going three innings, not allowing a hit while striking out six.

Drew Ramert had a single, double and drove in two runs for the winners. Walk added a single, double and an RBI. Jimmy Wood had two singles, a double and an RBi and Trevor Easton two singles and two RBI.

In the second game, Neoga bounced Tri-County 14-4 in five innings. The Indians held a 4-2 first inning lead then led 8-4 after two. Neoga had a five-run third and scored a single run in the fourth to end the contest.

Matt Kingery had a single and a three-run homer. He finished with four RBI. Caleb Hill had a single, double and a grand slam with five RBI.

The Indians are now 8-5 on the season.

At Neoga

Game One

Tri-County           000    00    --      0- 3-2

Neoga                 206    3x    --    11-11-2

WP -- Wlk. LP -- Richardson.

Tri-County -- Richardson, single; Barry, single; Neill, single

Neoga -- Ramert, single, double, 2 RBI; Hill, 1 RBI; Walk, single, double, 1 RBI; Nees, single; Moran, single; Wood, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Easton, 2 singles, 2 RBI

Game Two

Tri-County            220    00    --      4-  6-3

Neoga                   445    1x    --    14-10-0

WP -- Nees. LP -- Cummings.

Tri-County -- Barry, single, double, 1 RBI; Jones, 2 singles; Neill, single, 2 RBI; Gavin, single

Neoga -- Hoedebecke, double; Ramert, single; Kingery, single, home run (second, two on), 4 RBI; Hill, single, double, home run (third, three on), 5 RBI; Walk, single; Yurs, 1 RBI; Butler, single; Hill, single, 1 RBI

At Benton

South Central split victories in the Benton Tournament Saturday.

The Cougars lost the opener to Benton 10-0. Benton stepped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and never looked back. South Central had only two hits in the contest and committed three errors.

South Central then came back to reverse matters and scored a 10-0 win over Johnston City.

The Cougars were the ones to take a 3-0 first inning lead. Gavin Ratermann pitched a no-hitter with two strikeouts. Ryan Matheny had two doubles while Ratermann had a double and an RBI and Ryan McCown had two singles and an RBI.

At Benton

Game One

South Central           000     000    --      0- 2-3

Benton                      320    131    --    10-13-0

WP -- McMahon. LP -- Matheny.

South Central -- Markley, single; McCown, single

Benton -- Thralkeld, single, double, 2 RBI; Williams, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Chamness, 3 singles, 1 RBI

Game Two

Johnston City          000    00    --     0-0-2

South Central          315    1x    --    10-7-1

WP -- Ratermann. LP -- Volkeich.

Johnson City -- no hits

South Central -- Matheny, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; Ratermann, double, 1 RBI; Markley, single, 1 RBI; McCown, 2 singles, 1 RBI