There were runners all over the basepaths Monday in Altamont.

Combined, the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes and host Indians left 23 runners stranded. The Shoes had one fewer and that proved to be the difference.

T-Town scored four runs in the second inning and that proved to be enough, as the Shoes hung on for a 4-3 win at Altamont in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Indians came back to post a 5-3 win in the nightcap.

There were 19 hits in that first game and also eight errors that resulted in four of the seven total runs scored being unearned.

And the Indians left 12 runners on, including eight in the final three innings. They stranded the bases loaded in both the fifth and sixth innings and then had their first two batters reach base in the bottom of the seventh, before their final three hitters were retired.

After Altamont took a 1-0 lead in the first, the Shoes came back with a four-run second. Derek Konkel, Max Niebrugge and Caleb Bloemer all singled to start the inning and load the bases. After the next two batters were retired on short fly balls, a wild pitch let in the first run, an error allowed two more runs to score and Dylan Pruemer capped the inning with an RBI double.

The Indians got run-scoring hits from Jared Hammer in the third and Kienon Eirhart in the fifth to close the gap to just one run. Altamont had a good chance to tie the game or even take the lead, but the left three runners on in fifth and again in the sixth.

Cade Buehnerkemper went the first four innings to get the win. He allowed five hits and two runs, while walking two. Caleb Siemer pitched the final three frames to earn the save.

It was the Indians turn to hold on in the nightcap. They scored five runs over the first four innings before T-Town rallied in the sixth.

With two outs, Tyler Schwerdt singled and Luke Koester walked. Ben Goeckner then delivered an RBI single to get THS on the board. The final two runs scored on a wild pitch and an error.

Garrett Gaddis took the loss. He went three innings, allowing just one hit and three unearned runs. In fact, due to three T-Town errors, all five of Altamont’s runs were unearned.

Mason Robinson had a two-run single for the Indians in the third and Tyler Robbins added a two-run base hit in the fourth. The Indians are 13-13.

The Shoes are now 19-9 on the season. They will be back in action today (Tuesday) at Benton.