Baseball

The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes took advantage of two errors to push across the winning run and finish with a 6-5 win Thursday at home over Altamont.

The game was tied 5-5 when the Shoes came to bat in the bottom of the seventh. Kayden Althoff led off and reached on the first error and Evan Wermert walked. Andy Niebrugge then hit a hard ground ball that was misplayed and allowed Althoff to race home with the game winner.

The Shoes had to rally from an early 3-0 deficit. And they didn’t dent the scoreboard until the fifth.

Evan Addis led off with a base hit, followed by a walk to Dylan Pruemer and a single by Derek Deters to load the bases. With two outs, Sam Bushur came through with a base hit up the middle to drive in two and cut the lead to 3-2.

T-Town then tacked on three more runs in the sixth. Niebrugge started the rally with a base hit and Addis then ripped a double to drive in the tying run. Pruemer put the Shoes on top with an RBI double and Logan Roepke capped the inning with a run-scoring single to give THS a 5-3 lead.

But Altamont came back to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Mason Robinson reached on an error and Brennyn Abendroth followed with a double. Both runners eventually scored on ground outs.

The Indians took a 2-0 lead in the second. Jared Hammer and Bradin Baucum both walked, and with two outs, Brayden Stuemke delivered a two-run single. Altamont then put together three straight singles to make it 3-0 in the third, with Baucum getting the RBI hit.

Deters, the third Teutopolis pitcher, got the win. He worked one inning. Cade Buehnerkemper pitched the first six innings, allowing seven hits and three runs, while walking two and striking out seven. Mitch Althoff started the seventh and allowed two runs.

Mason Winn relieved in the sixth and took the loss, giving up the unearned run in the seventh. Kaden Eirhart went the first 5.2 innings. He allowed eight hits and five runs, while walking two and striking out eight.

Both teams are now 12-4 on the season.

The Shoes will return to action at home Saturday. They will host Mt. Zion in an Apollo Conference game.

Lincoln took advantage of a lead-off walk to push across the winning run in the sixth inning, finishing with a 3-2 victory at home Tuesday over Teutopolis.

The game was tied 2-2 when Seth Tungate got a walk to start the bottom of the sixth. Tungate stole second, went to third on a fly ball and scored on Daulton Miller’s ground out.

The host Railers scored two runs in the opening inning, but the Shoes tied the score in the fourth.

Andy Niebrugge led off with a walk, Evan Addis singled and both runners moved up on a ground out. With two outs, Mitch Althoff delivered a base hit that drove in both runners and tied the score at 2-2.

Addis pitched a strong game, but took the loss. He allowed just four hits and three runs, while walking three and striking out two.

The Shoes dropped to 11-4 overall and 1-1 in the Apollo Conference. They will return to action Saturday with another Apollo Conference game at Mt. Zion.

Highland built a five-run lead and managed to hang on Friday afternoon, posting a 6-4 win at home over Teutopolis.

The game was tied 1-1 before the Bulldogs scored three runs in the bottom of the third and added two more in the fourth to build the 6-1 advantage.

The Shoes tried to stage a comeback.

They scored twice in the fifth to close within 6-3. Sam Bushur led off with a base hit and Evan Wermert doubled. Then with two outs, Evan Adds came through with a base hit that drove in both runners.

T-Town added another tally in the seventh. Wermert walked, Andy Niebrugge had a base hit and Addis drove home the run with a fly ball. The Shoes had two runners on base before the final out was recorded.

Cade Buehnerkemper, the second of fourth THS pitchers, took the loss. He allowed six hits and five runs over 1.2 innings of work.

The loss snapped a six-game winning streak and dropped the Shoes to 10-3. They will be back in action today (Saturday) at home against Mahomet-Seymour in an Apollo Conference contest.

Andy Niebrugge delivered a game-winning, two-run single in the top of the seventh inning Monday afternoon, lifting the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes to a 5-4 win at South Central.

The Shoes trailed 4-3 entering the final inning. Sam Bushur reached on an error, and Kayden Althoff and Evan Wermert both walked to load the bases with no outs. Niebrugge then drove a base hit to left field and Bushur and Althoff both raced home to put T-Town on top.

The Cougars did put two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh, but Derek Konkel retired the final two batters to secure the victory.

The Shoes broke on top in the first inning. Bushur reached on an error and Althoff was hit by a pitch. Wermert ripped a two-run double and eventually scored on a fly ball off the bat of Evan Addis to stake THS to a quick 3-0 lead.

South Central scored a pair of runs in the fourth and pushed two more across in the fifth to go ahead 4-3.

Konkel relieved in fifth and got the win. He allowed just one hit over his 2.2 innings of work. He walked four and struck out five. Hayden Ruholl started and went the first 4.1 innings. He gave ups six hits and four runs, while walking three and striking out two.

The Shoes have won seven of their last eight games and improved to 11-3. They will be back in action today (Tuesday) at home against Lincoln in an Apollo Conference game.

It was like Home Run Derby for the Teutopolis baseball team Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes blasted seven round-trippers, en route to a doubleheader sweep in Charleston.

Five of those came in the opener, helping T-Town to a 17-4 win.

Two more cleared the fence in the second game, as the Shoe completed the sweep with a 16-7 decision.

In the opener, Evan Wermert belted a pair of three-run homers, while Logan Roepke and Derek Konkel had solo shots and Dylan Pruemer blasted a grand slam.

And the long ball parade started quickly.

In the top of the first, Sam Bushur led off with a base hit, Kayden Althoff walked and Wermert unloaded his first three-run blast to stake the Shoes to the early lead.

Konkel’s solo shot came in the third, but the Trojans used their own three-run third to tie the game at 4-4.

That’s when the Shoes took total control.

It started with a five-run fourth. Kayden Althoff had an RBI single, Pruemer added a run-scoring double and Wermert went deep again, and again with two runners on base to put THS on top 9-4.

The Shoes then tacked on eight more runs in the fifth and the long ball played a key role again. Roepke led off with a four-bagger. Bushur had an RBI double, Evan Addis a two-run single and Pruemer got into the home run act belting a pitch over the centerfield fence for a grand slam.

The Shoes finished with 14 hits. Wermert had six RBI, while Pruemer drove home five.