ALAH baseball on three-game winning streak, now 13-6
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By Mike Monahan
GEORGETOWN – Scoring 40 runs in three games, while holding its opponents to 10 the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond baseball team has won three straight, improving to 13-6 overall. The Knights topped Georgetown-Ridge Farm 11-3 in a non-conference game last Saturday.
Will Hilligoss was 4-for-4 with two doubles and two triples as well as four runs batted in as the Knights picked up a Lincoln Prairie Conference game over Heritage 19-4 last Thursday. The Knights are 4-1 in the conference, good for third place.
ALAH scored five runs in the first inning en route to a 10-3 non-conference victory over Decatur St. Teresa April 21 as Jansen Burnett allowed just two hits in six innings and did not have a walk, while striking out five. The Knights lost to Okaw Valley 6-2 April 20.
ALAH at Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Saturday
Both teams scored two in the first inning. ALAH took a 6-2 lead with a four-run fourth and a four run fifth made it 10-2.
In the fifth for the Knights Kody Burdick singled, Lucas Butcher was hit by a pitch and Donovan Vanasudoll singled as Burdick scored. With two outs the inning was kept alive when Will Hilligoss reached on an error. The final run scored on a double by Max Boddy.
ALAH had five doubles in the game and everyone had at least one hit. John Williams, Marcus Otto, Burnett and Vanaudoll had two hits each.
ALAH at Okaw Valley, April 21
Max Boddy hit a triple in the first inning with two outs, scoring Marcus Otto, who singled in the first inning for a 1-0 lead.
However, Okaw Valley took the lead for good with a two-run first. The Timberwolves, 5-10 overall, but 3-1 in the conference added two more in the third and sixth innings, while holding ALAH scoreless. The Knights scored one in the seventh for the final margin of four.
Okaw Valley’s Wyatt Bell was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs batted in. His double was in the first, scoring Tucker Montgomery and Wyatt Hilderbrandt.
Boddy had a triple and was 2-for-3 with an RBI for ALAH.
ALAH 10, Decatur St. Teresa 3
Decatur St.T 001 000 2–3-5-3
ALAH 502 120 x–10-8-4
Winning pitcher: Jansen Burnett 6 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 4 strikeouts, 0 walks; relief: Donovan Vanausdoll 1 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks
ALAH: John Williams 1-for-3, double, run; Solly Binion run; Will Hilligoss 2-for-4,double, stolen base, run, RBI; Marcus Otto stolen base, run; Max Boddy 2-for-3, run, stolen base, RBI; Kody Burdick run, RBI; Landon Franklin 1-for-1, stolen base, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Lucas Butcher run, stolen base,; Vanausdoll 1-for-2, run, stolen base, double, 3 RBIs; Griffin Hilton 1-for-1
ALAH 19, Heritage 4
ALAH 644 5–19-17-1
Heritage 031 0–4-5-4
Winning pitcher: Williams 4 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 0 earned, 10 strikeouts, 1 walk
ALAH; Williams 3-for-3, 2 stolen bases, 4 runs; Hilligoss 4-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 triples, stolen base, 3 runs, 4 RBIs; Otto 1-for-3, 2 run, stolen base, triple, RBI; Boddy 3-for-4, 4 runs, 2 stolen bases, 4 RBIs; Burnett run; Burdick 3-for-3, double,triple, run, 3 RBIs; Mace Stirrett run; Butcher 2-for-3, home run, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Hilton 1-for-2, , 3 RBIs; Logan Schrock run
ALAH 11, Georgetown-Ridge Farm 3
ALAH 200 441 0–11-13-0
Georgetown-Ridge Farm 300 010 0–3-9-2
Winning pitcher: Boddy 4 ⅔ innings, 8 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks; relief: Butcher 2 ⅓ innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 strikeouts, 2 walks
ALAH: Williams 2-for-5, triple, stolen base, 2 runs, RBI; Hilligoss 1-for-5, stolen base, double, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Boddy 1-for-4, double, stolen base, RBI; Otto 2-for-3, double, sacrifice, stolen base, RBI; Burnett 2-for-4, run; Burdick 1-for-3, run; Butcher 1-for-1, 2 runs, RBI Vanausdoll 2-for-4, stolen base, double, 2 runs, RBI; Schrock 1-for-4, run, double, 2 RBIs
Okaw Valley 6, ALAH 2
ALAH 100 000 1–2-6-2
Okaw Valley 202 002 x–6-8-2
Losing pitcher: Otto 3 innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned, 3 strikeouts, 3 walks; Williams 2 ⅔ innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 earned, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk; Burnett ⅓ innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 strikeout, 0 walks
ALAH: Hilligoss 1-for-3; Otto 1-for-3; Boddy 2-for-3, triple, RBI; Butcher 1-for-3; Vanausdoll run; Schrock 1-for-3; Anden Berry stolen base