Junior High Baseball -- August 9

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Published on August 10 2023 6:55 am
Last Updated on August 10 2023 6:57 am
Written by Millie Lange

ALTAMONT -- Effingham Junior High School blanked Altamont by a 19-0 count in its opening game of baseball Wednesday.

The Mustangs ran off to an 8-0 first inning lead then tallied two in the third and finished with nine in the fourth.

Lowe threw the one-hitter for the Mustangs.

Pals had three singles and drove in five runs while Mooney had two singles and an RBI.

The lone hit for Altamont came from Krause with a single.

Effingham opens the home portion of its season today at 3 p.m. against Vandalia.

At Altamont

Effingham               802    9    --    19-10

Altamont                 000    0    --      0- 1

WP -- Loew. LP -- none listed.

Effingham -- Hayes, 1 RBI; Evans, 1 RBI; Kinkelaar, 1 RBI; Fox, single; Jones, single, 1 RBI; Nelson, single; Braddy, 1 RBI; Pals, 3 singles, 5 RBI; Mooney, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Wendt, single, 1 RBI; Westjohn, single; Kalber, 1 RBI; Rohr, 1 RBI

Altamont -- Krause, single