The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes participated in a round robin in Tolono Saturday and won both games.
The Shoes used strong pitching to beat Quincy Notre Dame, 4-1, in the first game, and then banged out 15 hits to beat Unity in the second contest, 15-1, in five innings.
Garrett Gaddis went the first four innings against Quincy Notre Dame and got the win. The lefty allowed five hits and one run. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. Davin Worman pitched the final three innings to get the save. He gave up two hits, while walking two and striking out five.
The Shoes took a 1-0 lead in the third. Gaddis got a lead-off base hit and came around to score on an RBI double by Mick Niebrugge.
T-Town added two more runs in the fourth. A single and an error started things. Brett Kreke drove in one run with a base hit and the second scored on a balk.
Teutopolis wrapped up the scoring with a single tally in the fifth. Mick Niebrugge doubled, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Mitch Koester.
In the second game, Mick Niebrugge, Waldhoff and Devin Kreke combined for eight hits and eight RBI.
Waldhoff blasted a three-run homer in the six-run fourth that helped the Shoes break the game open. Mick Niebrugge had a two-run single in the first and added an RBI single in the fourth. Kreke also drove in a run in the fourth and added an RBI double in the fifth when T-Town added five more runs.
Gaddis also got the win against Unity. He went the first three innings, allowing four hits and a run. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out four. Austin Borries pitched the final two innings.
The Shoes, now 11-5, will play Monday at Charleston and then Tuesday at St. Anthony.