Effingham Post 120 Picks Up Win at Tourney

MATTOON -- Effingham Post 120 picked up a first win in the Mattoon Senior Legion Firecracker Baseball Classic Friday. Post 120 defeated Decatur Legion, 6-5.

Post 120 took the early lead with four runs in the second inning then tacked on the fifth run in the third. Decatur came back to tie the score in the top of the fifth. Post 120 then won it with a run in the bottom of the fifth.

Brett Koester was the winning pitcher going 1 1/3 innings, allowing no hits, no runs, one walk and striking out two.

Ben Strullmeyer had two doubles for Post 120 while Kendall Ballman had a double and an RBI. Ryan Sandifer had a triple. Colin Koester had a single and drove in two runs.

Post 120 will be back in action at 3 p.m. against Bristol, Ind. at Grimes Field.

Mattoon Classic

Decatur             000    050    --    5-4-2

Post 120             041    010    --    6-8-4

WP -- B. Koester. LP -- Heick.

Decatur -- Osbourne, 1 hit, 2 RBI; Davis, 1 hit, 1 RBI; Lutz, 1 hit

Effingham Post 120 -- Grove, single; Guy, single; Sandifer, triple; Ballman, double, 1 RBI; C. Koester, single, 2 RBI; Strullmeyer, 2 doubles; Bishop, single, 1 RBI

Mattoon Senior Legion Firecracker Classic

Friday, June 29

Game 1 -- Mo-Do vs. Piatt County, 9 a.m. (Grimes)

Game 2 -- Effingham vs. Decatur, 9 a.m. (LLC)

Game 3 -- Cumberland County vs. Charleston Blue, 10 a.m. (EIU)

Game 4 -- Crawfordsville vs. Lincoln, 11 a.m. (Grimes)

Game 5 -- Rantoul vs. Teutopolis, 11 a.m. (LLC)

Game 6 -- Danville Gold vs. Piatt County, noon (EIU)

Game 7 -- Mattoon vs. Charleston Red, 1 p.m. (Grimes)

Game 8 -- Bristol, Ind. vs. Danville Blue, 1 p.m. (LLC)

Game 9 -- Cumberland County vs.Crawfordsville, 2 p.m. (EIU)

Game 10 -- Highland vs. Danville Gold, 3 p.m. (Grimes)

Game 11 -- Lincoln vs. Charleston Blue, 3 p.m. (LLC)

Game 12 -- Rantoul vs. Charleston Red, 4 pm. (MHS)

Game 13 -- Decatur vs. Danville Blue, 4 p.m. (EIU)

Game 14 -- Bristol, Ind. vs. Effingham, 3 p.m. (Grimes)

Game 15 -- Highland vs. Mo-Do, 6 p.m. (MHS)

Game 16 -- Mattoon vs. Teutopolis, 7 p.m. (Grimes)