Effingham Beats Newton, Shelby County Nabs Doubleheader

Effingham Post 120 Junior American Legion baseball squad posted a 12-5 victory over Newton Thursday evening.

Effingham had 10 hits in the contest with Hayes leading the way with a single, triple and two RBI, Daugherty with a single, double and an RBI and Buhrman with a double.

Newton was led by Lidy with a single, double and an RBI.

Barnes picked up the four-hit pitching win, allowing two walks and striking out 11.

At Effingham

Newton                               040    010    000    --      5-  4-2

Effingham Post 120          000    000    07x    --    12-10-6

(Effingham linescore adds up to 7 while 12 listed as final)

WP -- Barnes. LP -- Taylor.

Newton -- Zuber, single, 1 RBI; Geier, single, 1 RBI; Lidy, single, double, 1 RBI

Effingham Post 120 -- Koester, single, 1 RBI; Poland, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hayes, single, triple, 2 RBI; Daugherty, single, double, 1 RBI; Barnes, single; Buhrman, double; Martin, single, 2 RBI

At Shelbyville

Shelby County Posts 289/611/725 handed Effingham St. Anthony two losses in doubleheader action Thursday.

Shelby County won 3-0, scoring single runs in the first, fourth and sixth innings. Shelby County had five hits led by Hayden Cole with a single and double, Andrew Hawkins with a double and two RBI and Michael Baker with a double.

St. Anthony was led by Alex Hoelscher and Will Clausius with a single each.

In the second contest, Shelby County won 12-2 behind nine hits. Christian Vonderheide had a single, double and three RBI, Jake Keown a single, double and an RBI, Gunner Thies a single, home run and two RBI and Cole a home run and two RBI.

St. Anthony had three hits, all singles by Neil Ritz, Hoelscher and Kyle Bourgeois.

At Shelbyville

Game One

St. Anthony               000    000    0    --    0-2

Shelby County          100    101    x    --    3-5

Wp -- Keown. LP -- Gardewine.

St. Anthony -- Hoelscher, single; Clausius, single

Shelby County Posts 289/611/725 -- Baker, double; Cole, single, double; Hawkins, double, 1 RBI; Miller, single

Game Two

St. Anthony               101    00    --      2-3

Shelby County          112    08    --    12-9

WP -- McConnell. LP -- Hoelscher.

St. Anthony -- Ritz, single; Hoelscher, single; Bourgeois, single

Shelby County Posts 289/611/725 -- Vonderheide, single, double, 3 RBI; Keown, single, double, 1 RBI; Thies, single, home run, 2 RBI; Cole, home run, 2 RBI; Hawkins, double; McConnell, single, 2 RBI