The Teutopolis Lady Shoes scored four runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game and then pushed across two more in the eighth to rally for a 7-5 victory Thursday at Windsor/Stew-Stras.
The Lady Hatchets had a seemingly comfortable 5-1 lead when T-Town came to bat in the top of the seventh. Kayleigh Zerrusen singled and CJ Apke was hit by a pitch to get the comeback started. With one out, Mallory Bloemer singled to bring in one run and Olivia Copple followed with another RBI single to cut the deficit to two runs. A WSS error allowed two more runs to score and tie the game.
In the eighth, Hemmen had a lead-off single, went to second on a sacrifice bunt, to third on a wild pitch and scored on a ground ball by Apke. Bloemer then delivered an RBI double to account for the final run.
The Lady Hatchets got a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth, but the final batter struck out.
Alyssa Tipton pitched all eight innings for THS. She allowed seven hits and five runs, while walking two and striking out 11.
The Lady Shoes improved to 11-7 on the season. They were scheduled to play today (Friday) at home against Flora and then travel to Unity on Saturday.
Olivia Hemmen threw a four-hitter and Malea Helmink drove in four runs, helping the Teutopolis Lady Shoes post a 14-0, five-inning victory at home Monday over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.
Hemmen walked just one and struck out five in her five innings of work.
The Lady Shoes broke the game open with an eight-run second inning. Hemmen and Kayleigh Zerrusen both walked to get things started. CJ Apke drove in one run with a base hit and Alyssa Tipton followed with a two-run single. Olivia Copple singled and Summer Wall reached on an error to load the bases.
After Chloe Hoene’s ground ball drove in a run, Helmink followed with a two-run triple. Before the inning was over, Zerrusen added a two-run single to stake THS to the 8-0 lead.
T-Town added two tallies in the third and capped their scoring with a four-run fourth.
The Lady Shoes finished with 12 hits. Ten different batters got into the hit column, with Helmink and Copple both collecting two.
Teutopolis improved to 10-7 on the season. They will play at Windsor/Stew-Stras on Thursday.
Ava Goble scattered six hits and Megan Cribelar went 4-for-4, leading the Casey-Westfield Lady Warriors to a 6-1 softball victory Monday afternoon at home over Teutopolis.
Goble allowed only six singles, while walking one and striking out six over her seven innings of work.
Cribelar had a pair of doubles to go along with two singles and drove in two runs for Casey-Westfield. The hosts scored a single tally in the first and then added three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
The Lady Shoes scored their lone run in the top of the sixth. With one out, Chloe Hoene, who had three of the team’s six hits, got a single. She stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored when Olivia Hemmen delivered an RBI single.
Hemmen took the loss. She went six innings, allowing 10 hits and six runs. She walked one and struck out two.
The Lady Shoes, now 4-4, are scheduled to play today (Tuesday) at Greenville.
Summer Wall drove in five runs and Alyssa Tipton pitched a shutout, leading the Teutopolis Lady Shoes to a 12-0, five-inning victory at Sullivan Friday afternoon.
Wall went 3-for-4 in the game and had an RBI in four different innings.
She had a run-scoring single in the first, an RBI ground out in the second, a two-run single in the third and a run-scoring base hit in the fourth.
Olivia Copple drove in three runs and Kayleigh Zerrusen added three hits in T-Town’s 16-hit attack. Chloe Hoene, Malea Helmink and CJ Apke each had two hits in the game.
The Lady Shoes scored one run in the first, four in the second, three in the third and capped the scoring with a four-run fourth.
Tipton allowed just three hits in her five innings of work. She walked one and struck out eight.
The Lady Shoes, now 9-7 on the season, will return home Monday to face Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.
Abby Sabalaskey allowed just two hits and pitched the Westville Lady Tigers to a 2-0 win Tuesday afternoon over Teutopolis in a semifinal game of the Class 2A Tolono Unity Regional.
Westville, now 24-3, will advance to Saturday’s regional championship, while T-Town saw its season come to an end.
Sabalaskey retired the first 10 batters she faced before allowing a one-out single to Emily Konkel in the fourth. Olivia Copple’s one-out double in the sixth was the Lady Shoes only other hit. Sabalaskey, just a sophomore, walked only one and struck out eight.
Courtney Gibson also pitched a strong game, but took the loss. She gave up seven hits and two runs – single tallies in the fifth and sixth. She walked two and struck out six.
The Lady Shoes finished with a fine 20-8 record.
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