Garrett Gaddis, Mitch Koester and Mick Niebrugge each drove in three runs Monday night, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post a 13-3, five-inning home win over South Central on Senior Night.

Gaddis went 4-for-4 in the game and scored five runs to go along with his three RBI, while Koester had three hits and Mick Niebrugge added a pair in the team’s 14-hit attack.

Koester and Mick Niebrugge both had run-scoring singles, helping the Shoes grad an early 2-0 lead in the first inning.

T-Town added five more tallies in the second. Zac Niebrugge, Brett Kreke and Gaddis all singled to load the bases. Mick Niebrugge drove in a pair of runs with a base hit, Joey Niebrugge added an RBI single and two runs scored on two South Central errors.

THS added two more runs in the third, a single tally in the fourth and ended the game with a three-run fifth.

Evan Waldhoff pitched the first four innings to get the win. He didn’t allow a hit, while walking two and striking out four. Carter Hoene pitched the fifth, giving up one hit.

The Shoes improved to 14-8 on the season. They will play today (Tuesday) at Newton.

As Yogi Berra once said – “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

And Mick Niebrugge proved that Thursday afternoon.

Down to his team’s final out, Niebrugge blasted a two-run walk-off homer, giving the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes a 3-2 eight-inning win at home over Mr. Zion.

The visiting Braves scored an unearned run in the top of the eighth to take a 2-1 lead. But Brett Kreke drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the inning. The next two batters were retired, bringing Niebrugge to the plate. After the first pitch missed the strike zone, Niebrugge connected on the next offering and sent it sailing over the centerfield fence for the game-winner.

It ended a game that had been dominated by pitching. Mt. Zion’s Connor Fox pitched seven innings and allowed just four hits and a run. Logan Lynch relieved in the eighth and took the loss.

T-Town’s Austin Borries was outstanding. The sophomore righthander went all eight innings. He gave up seven hits and two runs – only one earned. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out nine while throwing 110 pitches.

The Shoes took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. With one out, Mick Niebrugge walked and Borries singled. Mitch Koester then followed with an RBI single. The Braves tied the game in the fifth.

Teutopolis, winners of 8 of its last 10 games, improved to 13-6. The Shoes will travel to Freeburg and play two games Saturday. They will face Freeburg at 10 a.m. and Waterloo Gibault at noon.

When a baseball team commits more errors than they score runs, the outcome is generally not a good one.

That was certainly the case Saturday for the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes in a round robin. The Shoes scored a total of four runs in two games, but were guilty of six errors.

T-Town committed five of those errors in its opener, resulting in three unearned runs, and a 5-3 setback to the host Freeburg squad.

In the second game, an error led to an unearned run in the first inning, helping Waterloo Gibault Catholic post a 2-1 decision.

In the first contest, the Shoes jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the opening inning. Davin Worman got it started with a one-out solo home run. Then with two outs, Austin Borries singled, Mitch Koester walked and Evan Waldhoff was hit by a pitch to load the bases. An error by Freeburg then allowed two more runs to cross the plate.

Teutopolis had only two more hits the rest of the way – singles by Zac Niebrugge in the second and Brett Kreke in the sixth.

The host Midgets scored twice in the first and third innings and added a single tally in the fifth.

Logan Lawson took the loss. He pitched 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and four runs – only two earned. Joey Niebrugge pitched the final 1.2 innings.

The Shoes jumped on top in the second game, as well. Garrett Gaddis had a lead-off single, went to second on a ground ball and scored on a base hit by Mick Niebrugge. Two walks loaded the bases, but as would be the case throughout the game, T-Town just couldn’t get the big hit with runners on base.

The Shoes had five hits in the game – three by Gaddis and two by Mick Niebrugge -- received four walks, had a hit batter and two runners reach on errors. But they ended up stranding 10 base runners for the game.

Gibault Catholic got single tallies in the first and third innings and that proved to be enough.

Gaddis pitched a strong five innings, allowing five hits and two runs – only one earned. He walked two and struck out six. Waldhoff pitched one scoreless inning.

The Shoes, now 13-8, will return home Monday to play South Central.

Mick Niebrugge continued his hot hitting, collecting three hits, and Mitch Koester drove in three runs, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post a 10-1 win Thursday at Charleston.

The Shoes have now won three straight and seven of their last eight games.

T-Town jumped on top early, scoring two runs in the first and another in the third. But a five-run third put THS in control.,

Garrett Gaddis was hit by a pitch, Davin Worman walked and Mick Niebrugge singled to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Austin Borries brought home the first run and Koester followed with a two-run single. Evan Waldhoff then added an RBI double and Conner Hoelscher drove in the fifth run with a base hit.

Logan Lawson turned in six strong innings on the mound. He allowed just four hits and one run. He walked only one and struck out five, while throwing 79 pitches. Andrew Probst pitched the seventh.

The Shoes, now 12-5, are scheduled to return to action today (Tuesday) at St. Anthony.