Mitch Hardiek threw a one-hitter Saturday, helping the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes post their seventh straight victory and third consecutive shutout, a 10-0, six-inning decision over Cobden in the North Clay Showcase.
Hardiek allowed only a one-out single in the second inning and walks in the fourth and sixth. He struck out nine to improve to 3-0 on the fall season. The Shoes have not allowed a run in the last 19 innings.
Offensively, T-Town banged out 10 hits, with Luke Ungrund, Evan Wermert and Justin Hardiek each getting two. Ungrund, Wermert and Brady McMahon each had two RBI.
T-Town scored the only runs it needed in the first. Ungrund and Trenton Schwerdt both singled, and with two outs, Wermert drove them both home with a base hit. Wermert eventually scored on a wild pitch to stake the Shoes to an early 3-0 lead.
It became 8-0 after the second. Ungrund had an RBI double, Schwerdt drove in a run with a fly ball, another scored on an error and McMahon capped the five-run frame with a two-out, two-run single.
The Shoes scored their final two runs in the sixth on a run-scoring single by Justin Hardiek and a fly ball by Ungrund.
THS improved to 13-2 and have now outscored their opponents 54-9 during the seven-game win streak. The Shoes will play at home today (Monday) against Odin.
Luke Ungrund and Brock Deters combined to throw the second straight shutout for Teutopolis, helping the Wooden Shoes post a 2-0 decision Tuesday at home over Woodlawn.
After Trenton Schwerdt threw a two-hit shutout Monday, Ungrund and Deters combined to allow just four hits, while blanking Woodlawn.
Ungrund went the first five innings to get the win. He gave up three hits and two walks and struck out six. Deters pitched the final two innings to get the save. He allowed only one hit and fanned a pair.
T-Town scored both of its runs in the opening inning. With one out, Mitch Hardiek and Schwerdt had back-to-back singles. Mitch Hemmen drove in the first tally with a ground out and the second run scored on an error.
The Shoes had a chance to get more in the sixth. They had three hits and a walk, but one runner got picked off base.
Teutopolis extended its winning streak to six and improved to 12-2 with the win. The Shoes will play Saturday in the North Clay Showcase and will then face North Clay on Sunday at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Game time Sunday is 4 p.m.
Mitch Hardiek pitched six strong innings and Evan Addis drove in three runs Friday afternoon, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 6-3 win at Woodlawn.
Hardiek allowed three hits and three runs, while walking just one and striking out nine. Luke Ungrund pitched the seventh.
In the second inning, Mitch Hemmen led off with a base hit, Matt Deters reached on error and Evan Addis reached on a fielder’s choice. Addis then stole second and Hemmen scored on the play. The second tally came across on an error.
Two Woodlawn errors helped THS score another in the third and Addis delivered an RBI single in the fifth to put T-Town on top 4-1.
The Shoes added a couple of insurance tallies in the seventh. An error, walk and a ground out had runners at second and third when Addis came through again, getting a single to drive in both runners.
The Shoes improved to 10-2 on the fall season. They will play Monday at South Central.
Trenton Schwerdt tossed a two-hitter Monday afternoon, leading the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 5-0 victory at South Central.
Schwerdt allowed only a two-out single in the first and a lead-off base hit in the fifth. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven in a 76-pitch complete game. The only other baserunner for South Central was a hit batter.
T-Town had six hits and scored single tallies in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh.
Schwerdt drove in the only run he needed with a single in the first inning, bringing in Luke Ungrund, who led off with a walk.
With two outs in the fourth, Matt Deters and Evan Addis walked, Justin Hardiek singled to load the bases and Deters scored on an error.
With one out in the fifth, Mitch Hardiek singled, stole second and scored on a base hit by Mitch Hemmen. The Shoes added a run in the sixth and wrapped up the scoring in the seventh with Hemmen driving in his second run with a ground ball.
The Shoes, now 11-1, will be at home Tuesday to face Woodlawn.
Teutopolis used a six-run second inning Thursday to erase an early deficit, en route to a 9-3 win at home over Dieterich.
The visiting Movin’ Maroons used an error and three of their four hits in the game to build a 3-0 lead in the opening inning. Derek Kuhl and Lucas Hall both had RBI singles for Dieterich.
But the Shoes responded in the bottom of the second. Evan Addis led off with a base hit and scored when Justin Hardiek ripped a double. A single by Brady McMahon, an error and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Luke Ungrund made it 3-3.
But T-Town wasn’t finished. With two outs, Mitch Hardiek singled, Trenton Schwerdt walked and both runners moved up a base on a passed ball. Mitch Hemmen then put the Shoes on top with a two-run single and Matt Deters capped the uprising with a run-scoring hit.
THS tacked on three more tallies in the fourth, despite getting just one hit. They combined one hit batter plus four walks, two with the bases loaded, to build the six-run cushion.
Evan Addis went the first five innings to get the win. He gave up four hits and three unearned runs, while walking just one and striking out two. Hayden Ruholl pitched the final two frames and didn’t allow a baserunner, while striking out three.
The Shoes, who improved to 9-2, will play today (Friday) at Woodlawn.
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