The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes stuck quick Monday afternoon and it was the bottom of the batting order that proved to be the sparkplug.

Devin Kreke, Zac Niebrugge and Brett Kreke combined to collect eight of the team’s hits and drove in four runs, helping the Shoes close out their regular season with a 10-1 win at Mt. Vernon.

T-Town jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning. A pair of errors by the Rams led to all five of those runs being unearned.

Garrett Gaddis led off with a walk. Mitch Koester and Evan Waldhoff also drew walks. Back-to-back errors allowed one run to score and a balk brought in the second run. Devin Kreke, Zac Niebrugge and Brett Kreke then delivered consecutive RBI singles to stake THS to the early lead.

The Shoes added three more runs in the third and capped the scoring with a two-run fifth.

Carter Hoene went the first five innings to get the win. He allowed just two hits and a run, while walking four and striking out five. Andrew Probst pitched the final two frames.

The Shoes finished the regular season with a 20-11 record. They will now host a Class 2A Regional. T-Town is the No. 2 seed and will play Cumberland at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes were named the No. 2 seed in the Teutopolis Class 2A Regional, which will open play on Monday, May 13.

There are five teams in that regional, including Toledo (Cumberland), Vandalia, Robinson and Flora.

The winner of the Teutopolis Regional will advance to the Greenville Sectional, which is scheduled for May 22-25. Winners of the regionals at Carlyle, Columbia and Marshall will also advance to Greenville.

Here is the schedule for the Teutopolis Regional:

Monday, May 13

Game 1 – 4:30 p.m. – Toledo (#10) at Vandalia (#9)

Wednesday, May 15

Game 2 – 4 p.m. – Teutopolis (#2) vs. Winner Game 1

Game 3 – 7 p.m. – Robinson (#3) vs. Flora (#6)

Saturday, May 18

Game 4 – 10 a.m. – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (championship)

Both games came down to the seventh inning.

Nathan Simko delivered a walk-off RBI double for Williamsville in the opener and Cooper Tegeler delivered what proved to be the game-winning hit for Teutopolis in the nightcap.

As a result, the two teams split the doubleheader in Williamsville Saturday.

The host Bullets won the first game, 4-3, but the Shoes came back to take the second contest, 3-2.

In the opener, Williamsville scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. Then in the seventh, with two outs, Singer doubled and Simko followed another two-bagger, giving the Bullets the walk-off win.

The Shoes scored an unearned run in the fourth and then added two more tallies in the fifth. After a Zac Niebrugge single and a fielder’s choice, Garrett Gaddis drove in the first run with a double and Mick Niebrugge followed with an RBI single.

Evan Waldhoff, the third pitcher of the game for THS, took the loss. Logan Lawson went the first 1.2 innings, Gaddis pitched 3.1 innings of scoreless and hitless baseball and Waldhoff took over in the sixth.

The second game followed a similar pattern.

The Shoes took the early lead and Williamsville came back to tie. This time, however, it was T-Town’s turn for some late heroics.

In the seventh, Carter Hoene walked and Gavin Addis singled. With one out, Tegeler singled to drive home the winning run.

The Shoes took a 2-0 lead in the second. Hoene and Addis got things started again and Gaddis came through with a two-out, two-run single.

THS used four pitchers in the nightcap. Gaddis was the starter, followed by Austin Borries and then Devin Kreke, who relieved in the fourth and got credit for the win. Andrew Probst pitched the seventh and earned the save.

The Shoes finished the regular with a 19-11 record. They will now host a Class 2A Regional. T-Town is the No. 2 seed and will play either Toledo or Vandalia at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Austin Borries and Garrett Gaddis combined to allow only two hits, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post a 5-1 victory Saturday over Edwardsville in their first game of the day.

The Shoes completed the three-game, two-day Edwardsville Classic with a 10-6 loss to Glenwood. They finished 1-2 in the event, dropping a 7-2 decision on Friday to Highland.

Borries worked a strong five innings, allowing just one hit and one unearned run, while throwing 99 pitches. He walked three and struck out seven. Garrett Addis pitched two scoreless frames to secure the win and earn the save.

The game was tied 1-1 after four innings. T-Town then put together back-to-back two-run innings in the fifth and sixth.

In the fifth, Joey Niebrugge reached on an error and Devin Kreke and Brett Kreke both singled to load the bases. One run scored on a passed ball and Mitch Koester drove in the second with a ground out.

In the sixth, Borries was hit by a pitch and Davin Worman followed with a two-run blast that sailed over the centerfield fence and provided some additional breathing room.

In the second game, Glenwood pushed across five runs in the third inning to build a 7-0 lead and that proved to be enough, even the Shoes battled back.

THS got solo home runs from Mick Niebrugge in the fourth and Koester in the fifth, helping the Shoes close to within 7-5. But Glenwood scored a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh.

Worman pitched the first three innings and took the loss. He gave up four hits and seven runs, while walking five and striking out three.

The Shoes are now 18-10. They will be back in action Monday at Altamont and then travel to Benton on Tuesday.