Effingham Post 120 Beats Mount Vernon

Hudson Graham hit and pitched Effingham Senior Legion Post 120 to a 10-6 victory over Mount Vernon Post 141 Wednesday at Community Park's Paul Smith Field.

Graham finished offensively with a single, double and two RBI. He got Effingham started in the right direction on the mound. He worked four innings, allowing two hits, two earned runs, walked two and struck out six. Colby Utz came on in the fifth and went the rest of the way to earn the victory.

The game was back-and-forth heading into the fifth with three lead changes before Effingham pushed across five runs and finished out with three in the sixth. Effingham tallied two runs in the third before Mount Vernon tied in the top of the fourth and took a 4-2 lead in the top of the fifth. Post 120 came back to score five in the bottom of the fifth to pull ahead for good.

Lane Koenig contributed a triple while Nick Miller added a double and an RBI.

The second game was canceled due to Mount Vernon not having enough players. Effingham Post 120 improves to 16-9 on the season.

At Paul Smith Field

Mount Vernon             000    220    2    --     6-10-5

Effingham                    002    053    x    --    10- 8-2

WP -- Utz. LP -- Hayes.

Mount Vernon Post 141 -- Millwood, 3 singles; Lyday, single; Campbell, 2 singles, double, 4  RBI; Morgan, single, 1 RBI; Timmons, single; Smith, single

Effingham Post 120 -- Zuber, single; Graham, single, triple, 2 RBI; Koenig, triple; Miller, double, 1 RBI; White, single, 2 RBI; Bourgeois, single, 1 RBI; Bateman, single