Cubs win tourney opener

     Jacob Thompson drove in three runs with a home run and a double, and Nick Miller pitched seven innings as the Monticello Cubs defeated New Vienna 5-4 July 16.

     The game was in the first round of the Rickardsville Tournament.

     “We needed to get back in the win column,” Cubs player-manager Garett Hanken said. “Nick had good stuff and kept them off balance all game. He did a heck of a job going all seven innings for us. And Jacob continued to be solid in the middle of the order,” Hanken said.

     The Cubs (1-7, 5-11) spotted New Vienna a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but answered with two in the bottom half on Thompson’s RBI double and a run-scoring single by Kyle Huxford.

     New Vienna took a brief 3-2 lead again in the third, but Thompson’s two-run homer in the bottom half, also scoring Evan Felton, put Monticello ahead. Evan Felton added an RBI hit in the fourth.

     Zach Monk had a big game at the top of the lineup, going 3-for-4 and stealing two bases. Tyler Felton was 2-for-3 and had three steals.

     The Cubs were scheduled to play in the Rickardsville Tournament quarterfinals, against Zwingle, on July 18. They will also play a doubleheader at Worthington Sunday, July 23 at 2 p.m.

July 16

Rickardsville Tournament

(first round)

Monticello 5, New Vienna 4

MONTICELLO                           AB     R     H     BI

Monk, Z. lf                                    4      1      3      0

Felton, E. 2b                                1      1      1      1

Thompson ss                               4      2      2      3

Huxford 3b                                   3      0      1      0

Miller p                                         3      0      0      0

Hanken 1b                                   3      0      0      0

Felton, Ty. c                                 3      1      2      0

Arduser, K. lf                                3      0      0      0

Arduser, D. rf                               3      0      0      0

Totals                                         27     5      9      4

New Vienna       201 010 0           –     4      4      1

Monticello          202 100 x           –     5      9      2

LOB – Monticello 7, New Vienna 2.

HR  – Thompson.

2B ­– Thompson.

SB – Ty. Felton 3, Monk 2.

Monticello                  IP     H     R    ER   BB   SO

Miller (W, 1-0)              7      4      4      3      4      3

Totals                          7      4      4      3      4      3