Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:12 AM CDT
Massengill strikes out 10 as Neoga beats Arcola
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
by the jg/t-c
sports@jg-tc.com
NEOGA – David Massengill faced his former school for the first time in his high school career and had 10 strikeouts and allowed four hits, plus he had a two-run home run in the five-run first inning as Neoga downed Arcola 13-1 in a game called after four and a half innings due to the 10-run rule.
Wes Letizia had a solo home run in the first and Shaye Albert had a two-run homer in the first as all five runs came via the long ball. Letizia drove in three runs and Alex Walk drove in two as Neoga improved to 10-3 ahead of Saturday’s game at Patoka.
Ed Leal had two singles for Arcola who is to travel to Bethany to face Okaw Valley in a Little Okaw Valley Conference contest at 4:30 p.m.
Arcola 001 00 -1-4-1
Neoga 526 0x —13-11-1
Winning pitcher: David Massengill (3-1) 5 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Losing pitcher: Ed Leal. Relief: Adam Cook, Cameron Anderson, Daniel Fishel
ARCOLA: Leal 2 singles, RBI; Cory Joergens single; Beau Fishel single
NEOGA: Jared Massengill single; David Massengill single, home run, 2 RBIs; Wes Letizia single, home run, 3 RBIs; David Myers 2 singles; Shaye Albert home run, 2 RBIs; Austin Robinson single, RBI; Tyler Szatkowski RBI; Alex Walk 2 singles, 2 RBIs
Sullivan falls to St. Anthony
SULLIVAN – After a scoreless three innings, Effingham St. Anthony scored a run in the fourth and four in the fifth in an 8-3 victory over Sullivan Tuesay in a non-conference game.
Mitchell Hemrich and Kalen Whitney drove in a run each for the Redskins. Bryce Weaver gave up seven runs, but only three were earned in the loss as Sullivan committed seven errors.
The Redkins, 5-9, are to play host to Meridian at 4:30 p.m. today in an Okaw Valley Conference game.
Effingham St. Anthony 000 142 1 —8-6-4
Sullivan 000 002 1 —3-6-7
Losing pitcher: Bryce Weaver (2-5) 6 innings, 7 hits, 7 runs, 3 earned, 1 walk, 1 strikeout; Ben Wheeler 1 inning, 0 hits, 1 run, 0 earned, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts
SULLIAN: Kalen Whitney 1-for-3, double, RBI; Mitchell Hemrich 1-for-4, double, RBI
Comets lose to T-Town
STRASBURG – Stew-Stras’ baseball team lost by a large margin, 12-0, on Tuesday in a National Trail Conference game to Teutopolis. The Wooden Shoes scored seven runs in the first four innings and then five in the sixth to get the win. Stew-Stras was unable to get a runner as far as third base the entire game.
Steven Thomas and Ben Giertz had the only two hits for Stew-Stras, they each had a single.
The Comets, 10-5-1, are to travel to Effingham today to face St. Anthony in another NTC game at 4:30 p.m.
Teutopolis 240 105 —-12-13-1
Stew-Stras 000 000 —-0-2-2
Losing pitcher: Wetherell - 2 innings, 6 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned runs, 2 strikeouts, 3 walks; Relief: Rincker – 3 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 0 strikeouts, 0 walks; C. Widdersheim – 1 inning, 4 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, 0 strikeouts, 1 walk
STEW-STRAS: Thomas 1-for-2; Giertz 1-for-3
Biggs shuts down Oblong
OBLONG – Casey-Westfield sophomore Taylor Biggs came in to the Little Illini Conference game Monday with his team trailing 4-2. Biggs pitched the final four innings and allowed just two hits with eight strikeouts as the Warriors won 13-4.
Biggs was also 3-for-4 at the plate with a triple and a home run and three runs batted in, while Logan Lakins was 3-for-5 with four runs batted in. Lydon Burson and Brennan Ragon also had three hits each.
Casey 110 403 4 —13-12
Oblong 004 000 0 —4-7
Winning pitcher: Taylor Biggs (4-0) 4 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts: starter: Matthew Todd 3 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts
CASEY: Biggs 3-for-4, triple, home run, 3 RBIs; Lydon Burson 3-for-4, 2 RBIs; Logan Lakins 3-for-5, 4 RBIs; Brennan Ragon 3-for-5
Arcola falls
HUME – Arcola lost a Little Okaw Valley Conference game to East Central Monday, 12-2 in a game called after five innings due to the 10-run rule.
Cory Joergens was 1-for-3 with a run batted in for the Purple Riders.
East Central improved to 15-2-1 overall and 8-0 in the LOVC.
Losing pitcher: Jamison Miller
ARCOLA: Daniel Fishel 1-for-3; Brett Poorman 1-for-3; Cory Joergens 1-for-3, RBI; Beau Fishel 1-for-2; Jake Rippey 1-for-2
Burch and Smock homer twice each in win
KANSAS – Okaw Valley put together 11 hits on Monday to blow past Tri-County 10-2 in baseball action. Four of the 11 hits were of the home run variety with Wade Burch and Tyler Smock each hitting a pair.
Jarrod Newton was great on the mound hurling all seven innings and giving up just the two runs, while striking out nine batters.
Okaw Valley, 7-9 and 6-4 in the LOVC, are to play today at Arcola in a contest that is schedule to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Okaw Valley 203 401 0 -10-11-0
Tri-County 001 001 0 -2-6-1
Winning pitcher: Jarrod Newton 7 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 9 strikeouts, 4 walks
OKAW VALLEY: Wade Burch 2-5 2 hr 3 RBI; Aaron Fruchtl 2-3 4 runs; Tyler Smock 3-3 2 hr 4 RBI
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