St. Anthony, SEB, Cumberland Nab Softball Victories

Effingham St. Anthony handed Decatur St. Teresa a 15-5 loss in softball action Wednesday evening.

The score was knotted at 1-1 in the third inning. St. Anthony then pushed ahead with a five-run fourth and went on for the victory.

The Bulldogs had 14 hits in the contest and was aided by eight St. Teresa errors. Woltman had two triples, a home run and four RBI. Niebrugge had a single, double and an RBI while Schuette had a single and triple. Mills contributed three singles and two RBI.

At Decatur

St. Anthony               001     512     6     --     15-14-3

St. Teresa                  001     100     3     --       5-10-8

WP -- Woltman. LP -- Knapik.

St. Anthony -- Gardewine, double; Woltman, 2 triples, home run, 4 RBI; Niebrugge, single, double, 1 RBI; Schuette, single, triple; Mills, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Having, single, 1 RBI; Gurtner, 2 singles, 2 RBI

St. Teresa -- Newbon, single; Cooper, single; Paz, double, 2 RBI; Knapik, single, 1 RBI; Newbon, single, 1 RBI; Burdick, 2 singles; Miller, single; Hawkins, single, 1 RBI; Bridgman, single

At St. Elmo

Ramsey headed out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the third but St. Elmo/Brownstown came back with five runs in the bottom of the frame and went on for an 8-4 victory.

"Baylee Scholes just continues to pitch well," said SEB Coach Tom Fedrigon. "She moved her pitches around enough to get outs. We had a bit of a concentraiton breakdown in the third inning but other than that, Baylee was really good and so was the defense behind her."

Morgan Brown had a triple for the winners.

At St. Elmo

Ramsey                                    004     000     0     --     4-  9-1

St. Elmo/Brownstown            005     030     x     --     8-13-3

WP -- Scholes. LP -- none listed.

Ramsey -- no hits listed

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Moss, 2 singles; Fitch, single; Calhoun, single, 1 RBI; Scholes, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Philpot, single, triple, 3 RBI; Brown, 2 singles; Moss, 2 singles; Long, single

At St. Peter

Flora came calling and picked up a 10-0 win over South Central. The Wolves didn't score until the third then tallied three runs.

Abby King had two singles for South Central. The Cougars drop to 2-6 on the season.

At St. Peter

Flora                            003    015    1    --    10-9-1

South Central             000    000    0    --      0-4-3

WP -- Cammon. LP -- King.

Flora -- Jennings, single, double, 1 RBI; Cammon, 2 singles; Lusk, double, triple, 2 RBI; Carder, double; Allen, double, 2 RBI

South Central -- King, 2 singles; Campbell, single; Wilkins, single

At Villa Grove

Kaylee Carlen pitched a one-hitter as Cumberland picked up a 9-1 win over Villa Grove Wednesday.

Carlen improved her record to 8-0 with two walks and eight strikeouts.

Kyla Thornton and Carlen had two hits each. Carlen had two RBI and Thornton one RBI. The Pirates are 11-2 on the season.

At Villa Grove

Cumberland          300    006    0    --    9-8-4

Villa Grove            100    000    0    --    1-1-3

WP -- Carlen. LP -- none listed.

Cumberland -- Thornton, 2 singles, 1 RBI; McMechan, single, 1 RBI; Carlen, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Casey, single, 1 RBI; McMechan, single; Stewart, single

Villa Grove -- Bishop, single

At Oblong

Oblong scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth to edge Neoga, 3-2 Wednesday.

Oblong held a 2-1 lead until the fifth when Neoga knotted the score at 1-1. Oblong then scored the winning run in the sixth.

At Oblong

Neoga          100    010    0    --    2-4-2

Oblong         110   001     x    --    3-3-2

WP -- Sparks. LP -- Neece.

Neoga -- Blazich, single; Neece, single; Lee, single; Estay, single

Oblong -- Messe, 2 singles, 1 RBI; S. Johnson, single

OTHER SCORES:

Meridian 11, Taylorville 8

Sullivan 15, Arcola 0