Baseball

Luke Landrus belted a grand slam Monday afternoon, helping the Charleston Trojans post an 8-5 victory over St. Anthony at Evergreen Hollow Park.

The loss knocked the Bulldogs from the unbeaten ranks after opening the spring season with 11 straight wins.

The Trojans took the lead with a six-run third. They had five of their eight hits in the inning, along with a walk and a hit batter. Landrus capped the inning with a bases-clearing blast that sailed over the rightfield fence.

Charleston added two runs in the fourth and carried an 8-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh. But the Bulldogs refused to go quietly.

Brody Niebrugge started things with a walk and scored on an RBI double by Will Hoene. Angelo Mendella walked and Eli Levitt followed with a double to drive in the second run. Logan Antrim added an RBI single and runs scored on a ground ball and an error.

St. Anthony had two runners on base and just one out, but the final two batters were retired to end the rally.

Niebrugge pitched the first three innings and took the loss. He allowed five hits and six runs, while walking three and striking out two. Colton Fearday, Seth Hotze and Levitt also pitched in the game.

The Bulldogs, now 11-1, will face Effingham in the City Series on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Effingham will host games on Wednesday and Friday at Paul Smith Field and the Bulldogs will host Thursday’s contest at Evergreen Hollow Park. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. each day.

The St. Anthony Bulldogs erupted for seven runs in the first inning Saturday and were never challenged, finishing with a 13-1 victory at Olney.

The win kept the Bulldogs perfect through 11 games so far this spring.

St. Anthony struck quickly. Logan Antrim singled, Kennan Walsh walked and both runners moved up a base on a passed ball. Colton Fearday’s fly ball brought home the first run and the second scored on an error. Will Hoene walked, Angelo Mendella had an RBI single and Eli Link walked to load the bases.

Eli Levitt was hit by a pitch to force home the fourth run, another scored on a passed ball and Antrim came through with his second hit of the inning, driving in two more to stake the Bulldogs to the 7-0 lead.

Two errors and a two-run double by Mendella made it 9-1 in the second and the Bulldogs then tacked on four more runs in the fifth to complete the scoring.

Josh Blanchette went the first four innings to get the win. He allowed just two hits and one run, while walking two and striking out one. Levitt pitched the fifth.

The Bulldogs, now 11-0, will return home to play Charleston on Monday.

Colton Fearday raced home on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the St. Anthony Bulldogs a 3-2 victory at home Monday afternoon over Mattoon.

Fearday started the game-winning rally with a one-out double. After Eli Moore walked, both runners moved up a base after a double steal. Then on the second pitch to Will Hoene, the Mattoon pitcher uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Fearday to scamper home for the walk-off win.

It ended what was a close game throughout.

The Bulldogs broke out to a 2-0 lead in the second. Eli Moore led off with a home run. Brody Niebrugge and Hoene then delivered base hits, followed by two straight walks. The second was to Logan Antrim and forced in a run.

Mattoon scored single tallies in the third and sixth.

Fearday also got the pitching win. Seth Hotze started and went the first 5.1 innings, giving up four hits and two runs. He walked two and struck out three. Fearday relieved in the sixth and pitched the final 3.2 innings. He allowed just one hit, while walking two and striking out eight.

The Bulldogs stayed undefeated, improving to 9-0. They are scheduled to play today (Tuesday) at Newton and then return home to face Olney on Saturday.

The St. Anthony baseball team is a perfect “10.”

The Bulldogs broke open a close game with a five-run fifth Wednesday afternoon, en route to an 11-4 win at Newton that kept their record unblemished after 10 games.

St. Anthony held a slim 4-3 lead as it came to bat in the top of the fifth. Eli Moore led off the inning with a base hit and came around to score on a double by Brody Niebrugge. After a Will Hoene single, Angelo Mendella delivered an RBI single, Eli Link had a sacrifice fly, another run scored after a bunt by Josh Blanchette and the final tally came across after a Newton error.

Colton Fearday added a two-run homer in the seventh to complete the scoring.

Moore put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard in the opening inning with a solo blast that cleared the centerfield fence. SAHS added two runs in the second and another in the third on a two-out RBI double by Mendella.

Logan Antrim pitched the first six innings to get the win. The Bulldogs left-hander allowed eight hits and four runs, while walking four and striking out eight. Eli Levitt pitched the seventh.

The Bulldogs, now 10-0, will return to action Saturday at home against Olney.

Eli Moore had two hits and drove home five runs Saturday, leading the St. Anthony Bulldogs to an 8-2 victory at Marshall.

Moore had a bases-clearing double in the third and a two-run single in the fourth, helping the Bulldogs post their eighth win without a loss so far this spring.

The Bulldogs broke a scoreless tie in the third. Eli Levitt started things off with a double. Kennan Walsh and Colton Fearday both walked to load the bases and Moore then ripped a double, driving in all three runners. He later scored on an error to stake SAHS to a 4-0 lead.

The Bulldogs followed with another four-run frame in the fourth. With one out, Logan Antrim and Walsh singled and both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch. Moore then came through again, collecting a single that got two more runs across the plate. An error and a ground out accounted for the final two runs of the inning.

That was more than enough runs for Brody Niebrugge, who pitched the first five innings and got the win. He gave up three hits and two runs, while walking one and striking out eight. Josh Blanchette pitched the final two innings.

St. Anthony, now 8-0, will play Monday at home against Mattoon and then travel to Newton on Tuesday.