After using his bat in a big way the past three games, Caleb Siemer used his arm to help the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes win Monday afternoon.

He turned in a seven-inning, 98-pitch complete game, helping the Shoes post a 5-1 victory at home over South Central.

Siemer allowed six hits, while walking two and striking out nine.

He gave up two singles and a sacrifice fly by South Central’s Beau Jolliff in the opening inning.

The Shoes tied the game in the bottom of the first. Sam Bushur led off with a base hit, but was thrown out trying to go to third after a single by Cade Buehnerkemper. But Buehnerkemper went to second on a wild pitch and scored on an error.

It stayed 1-1 until the fourth. The Shoes pushed across four runs on just one hit. They combined two walks, two hit batters and two wild pitches, along with an RBI single by Buehnerkemper, who had three of his team’s five hits in the game.

The Cougars had a good scoring chance in the top of the fourth when their first three hitters singled to load the bases. But Siemer struck out the next two batters and then got a ground ball to end the threat. The righthander allowed just one more hit over the final three innings.

The Shoes improved to 11-6 on the season. They will play today (Tuesday) at Newton.