The St. Anthony jumped out to a quick lead and Colton Fearday pitched six strong innings to make it stand up, as the Bulldogs posted a 7-3 win Monday afternoon over Teutopolis at Paul Smith Field in Effingham.

The Bulldogs scored four runs in the first and added two more tallies in the second. Meanwhile, Fearday scattered eight hits and allowed only single tallies in the third, fourth and fifth, helping SAHS notch its ninth win of the spring season.

The Bulldogs set the tone early. Eli Levitt led off with a base hit. With one out, Colton Fearday singled and both runners moved up on a passed ball. Will Hoene then grounded a base hit up the middle, driving in two, and Angelo Mendella drilled a two-run homer over the rightfield fence to stake St. Anthony to a 4-0 lead.

The hosts made it 6-0 in the second. Brady Hatton was hit by a pitch and Levitt walked. An error let one run score and Colton Fearday added an RBI single.

The Shoes chipped away at the lead beginning in the third. Sam Bushur, who had three hits in the game, belted a solo homer over the leftfield fence. THS got another run in the fourth. Mitch Althoff singled, went to second on an error and scored on a base hit by Evan Waldhoff.

St. Anthony got its final run in the bottom of the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Levitt and Beau Adams. The Shoes got their third run in the fifth when Logan Roepke walked and later scored on an RBI single by Mitch Althoff.

Fearday walked just one and struck out nine in six innings of work. Eli Link gave up a hit, but struck out two in the seventh. Derek Konkel took the loss for T-Town. He went five innings and allowed seven runs on 10 hits. He walked two and struck out four. Caleb Siemer pitched one inning.

The Shoes dipped to 6-5 on the season. They are scheduled to play today (Tuesday) at Robinson.

The Bulldogs improved to 9-2. They will play at home Wednesday against Salt Fork.