Six errors and five unearned runs is not normally a formula for success.

Such was the case Monday afternoon.

The St. Anthony Bulldogs did commit six errors and the Altamont Indians did what a good baseball team will do.

It took advantage.

And one of those errors led to two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, helping the Indians post a 6-5 win at home.

It was a 4-4 game when Altamont came to bat in the sixth. A walk and a base hit got the inning started. The Bulldogs sixth error of the game let one run score and Mason Robinson’s base hit drove in what proved to be the winning tally.

The Bulldogs scored one run in the seventh, but the rally fell short and they dropped their third straight game.

It was a typical St. Anthony-Altamont contest. The two teams battled all the way and a late score determined the winner. When these two schools get together on the ball diamond, that’s been the pattern in recent years.

The Bulldogs scored a single tally in the second and added three more runs in the third to take a 4-2 lead. Seth Hotze had an RBI double in the second. St. Anthony then used three walks to load the bases in the third. Will Hoene was a hit by a pitch to force in the first run and Eli Link then delivered a two-out, two-run single.

The Indians had two hits in the opening inning and both runners scored on an error. They took advantage of three more errors to push two runs across the plate and tie the game 4-4 in the bottom of the third.

It stayed that way until the Indians scored two runs in the sixth.

In the seventh, the Bulldogs used a lead-off double by Eli Moore, followed by a run-scoring single by Brody Niebrugge to close the gap to one run in the seventh. But the final three batters were retired to end the game.

Josh Blanchette, who relieved in the fifth, took the loss. He gave up two hits and two runs in his 1.2 innings of work. He walked one and struck out two. Seth Hotze was the starter and pitched the first 4.1 innings. He allowed three hits and four runs, while walking three and striking out five.

The Bulldogs dropped to 14-4 on the season. They will play Wednesday at Windsor/Stew-Stras and Thursday at Neoga.