St. Anthony Wins Over Altamont in 12 Innings

St. Anthony advances to the semifinals of the Altamont 1A Sectional, taking on Casey-Westfield at 6:30pm Wednesday. Arcola will take on South Central at 4:30pm Wednesday. We will broadcast both games of the doubleheader.

Altamont took a 2-0 lead in Saturday's game. With one out in the first, Jared Hammer, Nathan Stuemke and Kienon Eirhart delivered back-to-back-to-back base hits. With the bases loaded, an error by Max Koenig allowed Hammer and Stuemke to score. 

St. Anthony came right back with three runs in the second inning. Aiden Lauritzen led off the frame with a single. With two outs, Will Hoene walked, Ryan Schmidt singled home Lauritzen and Beau Adams tripled home Hoene and Schmidt to make it 3-2 St. Anthony.

Altamont tied the game in the sixth. Dillan Elam doubled to lead off the inning and a ground ball by Eli Miller brought Elam home with the tying run. 

Altamont scored twice in the ninth inning to take a 5-3 lead. Nathan Shepard singled to start the inning and Mason Robinson singled. A base hit by Hammer scored Shepard to put the Indians ahead and a single by Stuemker scored Robinson to give the Indians a two-run lead.

The lead was short-lived, though, as a leadoff walk to Brock Jansen, a base hit by Hoene, a walk to Schmidt, a ground ball by Eli Levitt to drive in one run and a base hit by Brock Fearday to bring home Hoene with the tying run made it 5-5 at the end of nine. 

St. Anthony finally ended the game when a leadoff single by Koenig, a sacrifice by Brock Jansen and a game-winning hit by Hoene brought home Koenig to give the Bulldogs the one-run win.

At the plate for St. Anthony: Beau Adams triple, walk, 2 RBI; Eli Levitt walk, RBI; Brock Fearday single, RBI; Connor Roepke single, two walks; Aiden Lauritzen single, run scored; Max Koenig single, walk, run scored; Brock Jansen two walks, run scored; Will Hoene two hits, walk, two runs scored, RBI; Ryan Schmidt, double, two singles, walk, hit by pitch, run scored, RBI

At the plate for Altamont: Mason Robinson single, run scored; Jared Hammer two singles, walk, RBI; Nathan Stuemke two singles, run scored, RBI; Kienon Eirhart single, walk; Dillan Elam double, single, run scored; Wyatt Phillips walk; Eli Miller single, RBI; Nathan Shepard single, run scored

Brock Fearday pitched the first 6-2/3 innings for the Bulldogs, allowing three unearned runs on six hits with one walk and one wild pitch against six strikeouts. Eli Levitt pitched the final 5-1/3 innings to get the win, allowing two runs on four hits, walking two and fanning four.

Mason Robinson pitched the first seven innings for Altamont, allowing three runs on three hits, walking four and striking out 13 with a hit batsman. Dillan Elam went one inning, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout. Nathan Stuemke pitched two innings, giving up two hits while walking three and fanning two. Ethan Robbins took the loss, pitching 1-1/3 innings and giving up one run on two hits and one walk. 

St. Anthony is now 25-4 on the campaign while Altamont closes their great season with a 25-9 record.

Class 1A Brownstown/St. Elmo Regional

Championship

Altamont                      200    001    002    000    --    5-10-3

St. Anthony                 030    000    002    001    --    6-  9-3

WP --  Levitt. LP -- Robbins.

Altamont -- Robinson, single; Hammer, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Stuemke, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Eirhart, single; Elm, single, double; Miller, single, 1 RBI; Shepard, single

St. Anthony -- Adams, double, 2 RBI; Levitt, 1 RBI; Roepke, single; Lauritzen, single; Koenig, single; Hoene, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Schmidt, 3 singles, 1 RBI