Cubs wrap up season with six-game flurry
Caleb Sauser (second from left) is greeted by teammates including Zain Sauer (left) and Michael Reuter (45) after Sauser’s grand slam against Rickardsville Aug. 8. (Photos by Pete Temple)
Zain Sauer of the Cubs takes a throw on a Rickardsville stolen base attempt at Dailey Field in Monticello.
While the last couple of weeks of the Monticello Cubs’ semi-pro baseball season didn’t go the way the team had hoped, they did get a measure of happiness in the final game of 2021.
Matt Holmes hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Monticello to a 3-2 victory over Peosta Aug. 13 at Dailey Field in Monticello.
Tyler Smith, pitching in relief of starter Greg Kraus, picked up the win. Smith went four innings, allowing one run on three hits, striking out five and walking none. Kraus worked the first three innings, giving up two hits.
Tanner Felton went 3-for-3 at the plate, including a double. Holmes finished 2-for-4.
The win ended a flurry of six games in seven days as the Cubs worked to make up some Eastern Iowa Hawkeye League games and finishing up in two tournaments.
Back on Aug. 7, the Cubs lost a consolation game to Cascade in the Dyersville Tournament, by a score of 9-0. Monticello was held to one hit, a single by A.J. Reuter. Mitch Monk pitched and took the loss.
On Aug. 8, Monticello lost a see-saw home game to Rickardsville, 11-9, at Dailey Field. The game saw Caleb Sauser hit a grand slam in the third inning to give the Cubs a 6-3 lead, and Zain Sauer connect on a two-run shot in the sixth. But Rickardsville’s seven-run sixth inning proved to be the difference.
Cole Thurn batted 3-for-3 for Monticello. Holmes and Sauser finished with two hits apiece. Sauser took the loss on the mound.
Next, Monticello played a league game at Farley Aug. 9, and lost 10-4 despite 10 hits. Quinn Miller was 3-for-4. Ryan Manternach batted 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a double. Garett Hanken also went 2-for-3. Tyler Felton pitched and took the loss.
Then came a league home game against Key West Aug. 11, which the Cubs lost 9-3. Three Cubs had two hits apiece: Tanner Felton, Ryan Manternach and Michael Reuter. Miller hit a double. Starting pitcher Andrew Stover was dealt the loss.
Monticello had one more tournament game, Aug. 12, losing 10-9 to East Dubuque. The Cubs appeared to have things in hand with a four-run seventh inning that gave them a 9-7 lead, but East Dubuque scored three times in the bottom half to steal away the win.
The Cubs finished the season with a 13-18 record.
Aug. 7
Dyersville Tournament
(consolation)
Cascade 9, Monticello 0
(five innings)
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Mescher cf 1 0 0 0
Holmes lf 3 0 0 0
Reuter, A. 1b 1 0 1 0
Manternach, R. 3b 2 0 0 0
Kraus rf 3 0 0 0
Monk, M. p 2 0 0 0
Monk, Z. 2b 2 0 0 0
Monk, D. c 1 0 0 0
Schutte ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 16 0 1 0
Monticello 000 00 – 0 1 2
Cascade 202 0x – 9 9 2
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Monk, M. (L, 0-1) 5 9 9 4 4 5
Totals 5 9 9 4 4 5
Aug. 8
Rickardsville 11, Monticello 9
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Sauser ss 5 2 2 4
Holmes lf 3 1 2 1
Reuter, M. p 5 0 1 0
Felton, Ta. cf 3 1 1 0
Kraus dh 3 1 1 0
Sauer 2b 2 1 1 3
Monk, D. c 3 0 0 1
Arduser 1b 2 1 0 0
Mootz cf 1 1 1 0
Thurn 3b 4 1 3 1
Jesenovec rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 12 10
Rickardsville 210 017 0 – 11 14 1
Monticello 204 002 1 – 9 12 0
HR – Sauser, Sauer.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Reuter, M. 5 10 4 4 1 3
Sauser (L, 0-1) 0 3 7 6 4 0
Sauer 2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals 7 14 11 10 6 5
Aug. 9
Farley 10, Monticello 4
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Miller ss 4 1 3 1
Holmes lf 4 0 1 2
Felton, Ta. cf 4 0 0 0
Manternach, R. 2b 3 1 2 1
Reuter, M. c 3 0 0 0
Felton, Ty. p 3 0 0 0
Kraus rf 3 1 1 0
Monk, Z. 3b 3 1 1 0
Hanken 1b 3 0 2 0
Totals 33 6 10 3
Monticello 001 100 2 – 4 10 3
Farley 511 210 x – 10 11 3
HR – R. Manternach.
2B – R. Manternach.
SB – Miller.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Felton, Ty. (L, 0-2) 6 11 10 5 2 2
Totals 6 11 10 5 2 2
Aug. 11
Key West 9, Monticello 3
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Holmes lf 3 0 0 0
Jesenovec lf 1 0 1 0
Felton, Ta. 3b 4 1 2 0
Manternach, R. 2b 3 2 2 0
Reuter, M. c 3 0 2 1
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Felton, Ty. 1b 2 0 0 1
Stover p 3 0 0 1
Vondracek rf 3 0 1 0
Kraus dh 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 9 3
Key West 100 601 1 – 9 12 0
Monticello 000 201 0 – 3 9 1
2B – Miller.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Stover (L, 0-1) 4 7 7 7 8 4
Vondracek 3 5 2 2 0 1
Totals 7 12 9 9 8 5
Aug. 12
Peosta Tournament
(first round)
E. Dubuque 10, Monticello 9
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Miller p 4 1 0 0
Holmes lf 3 1 0 1
Felton, Ta. 2b 4 2 1 0
Manternach, R. ss 4 1 1 4
Reuter, M. c 3 1 2 0
Felton, Ty. 1b 2 1 1 0
Kraus dh 3 1 1 1
Ahlrichs 3b 3 1 1 1
Jesenovec rf 3 0 0 1
Totals 33 6 10 3
Monticello 004 010 4 – 9 7 3
East Dubuque 102 400 3 – 10 8 3
(Two out when winning run scored.)
HR – R. Manternach.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Miller 4 7 7 1 2 8
Felton, Ty. (L, 0-3) 2.2 1 3 0 5 5
Totals 6.2 8 10 1 7 13
Aug. 13
Monticello 3, Peosta 2
MONTICELLO AB R H BI
Ahlrichs 3b 4 1 1 0
Holmes 1b 4 1 2 1
Felton, Ta. 2b 3 1 3 0
Manternach, R. ss 2 0 1 0
Reuter, M. rf 2 0 0 1
Felton, Ty. lf 3 0 0 0
Kraus p 1 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 1 0
Monk, D. c 3 0 0 0
Jesenovec, cf 3 0 1 0
Totals 27 3 9 2
Peosta 010 000 1 – 2 5 0
Monticello 000 002 1 – 3 9 3
2B – Ta. Felton.
Monticello IP H R ER BB SO
Kraus 3 2 1 0 1 0
Smith (W, 1-1) 4 3 1 0 0 5
Totals 7 5 2 0 1 5
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