The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes continued their improved play of late, notching their fourth win in the last five games with a 9-4 victory at home Monday over Odin.

After a scoreless first inning, the Shoes scored in each of the next four frames to build a 9-0 lead. T-Town scored a single tally in the second, added three runs in the third and fourth and wrapped up the scoring with a two-run fifth.

The Shoes had just five hits in the game, but took advantage of two Odin errors, plus seven walks.

Derek Konkel blasted a two-run homer in the fourth and Kayden Althoff had an RBI single in the third.

Dylan Pruemer pitched the first 3.1 innings and blanked Odin on just one hit. He struck out five and walked four while throwing 74 pitches. Caleb Siemer pitched 2.2 innings and Ben Goeckner struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh.

The Shoes are now 7-8 on the season. They will play at home Wednesday against Windsor/Stew-Stras.

Cade Buehnerkemper drove in the tying run in the seventh and Dylan Pruemer came through with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to give the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes the walk-off 5-4 victory over North Clay at home Thursday.

The previously unbeaten Cardinals held a 4-2 lead going to the bottom of the seventh. And after retiring the first two T-Town hitters, they were just one out from a win.

But Pruemer got the rally started with a base hit. Two of North Clay’s four errors helped one run to score and Buehnerkemper then delivered a two-out single that tied the score.

Then in the eighth, Kayden Althoff ripped a one-out double. A walk and fielder’s choice loaded the bases before Pruemer hit a fly ball to left that allowed Althoff to race home with the winning run.

North Clay scored single tallies in the first three innings to build a 3-0 lead. Derek Konkel blasted a solo home run in the third and the Shoes added an unearned run in the fourth to close to within 3-2.

Buehnerkemper relieved in the sixth inning. He pitched the final 2.1 innings of scoreless baseball to get the win. He allowed two hits, while striking out two and walking one. Konkel pitched the first 5.2 innings.

The Shoes improved to 5-7. They will play Saturday in the North Clay Classic.

Holden Clifton and Logan Fleener delivered run-scoring hits in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday, giving the North Clay Cardinals a 6-4 victory over Teutopolis in the championship game of the North Clay Classic.

The Shoes trailed 3-0 after the first inning, but battled back and eventually tied the game when Derek Konkel blasted an 0-1 pitch over the leftfield fence for a solo home run in the top of the sixth.

But Collyn Ballard started the Cardinals winning rally with a lead-off double in the bottom of the frame. Clifton put the hosts on top with a one-out double and Fleener capped the scoring with a two-out single.

The Shoes were retired in order in the seventh.

North Clay took a 3-0 lead in the opening inning. Fleener had an RBI single, Dakota Weidner drew a bases-loaded walk and the final run scored on a wild pitch.

The Shoes responded with a three-run inning of their own in the second. After the first batter was retired, Logan Roepke, Dylan Pruemer and Caleb Siemer had back-to-back-to-back singles. After Siemer’s base hit, an error by the North Clay outfielder allowed two runs to cross the plate. Cade Buehnerkemper also had a base hit and the second error of the inning accounted for the third run.

North Clay resumed the lead in the fourth on an RBI double by Donnie Zimmerman and Konkel knotted the score with his round-tripper in the sixth.

Sam Bushur pitched the first five innings for T-Town and took the loss. He gave up six hits and five runs, while walking four and striking out three. Clifton went the distance for the Cardinals and got the win. He gave up six hits and four runs. He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter, while throwing 97 pitches.

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The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes scored five runs in the opening inning and rolled to a 12-0, five-inning win at home Tuesday over Woodlawn.

The Shoes scored in each inning and added another five-run frame in the third. They finished with nine hits in the contest.

T-Town took control at the beginning. Mitch Koester reached on an error to start the bottom of the first. He went to second on a ground ball and scored what proved to be the winning run on a base hit by Ben Goeckner. An error and a walk loaded the bases. Caleb Siemer then walked to force in a run, a wild pitch allowed another run to score and Brett Kreke added a two-run single to stake the Shoes to a quick 5-0 lead.

THS added single tallies in the second and fourth and pushed five across in the third. Siemer had an RBI double, Kreke and Koester run-scoring singles and two runs scored on a pair of wild pitches.

Garrett Gaddis pitched the first four innings and got the win. He allowed just two hits and struck out four. Goeckner retired the side in order in the fifth.

The Shoes improved to 4-7. They will play at home Thursday against North Clay.