Reuter, Cubs win Worthington opener

SEMI-PRO BASEBALL

     It’s a great comfort for the Monticello Cubs when A.J. Reuter steps to the mound in a semi-pro baseball game.

     Reuter fired a three-hit shutout, striking out 13, as the Cubs opened play in the Worthington Tournament with a 6-0 win over Balltown June 23.

     “Once we got a lead, it was over,” Monticello player-manager Garett Hanken said. “A.J. had great stuff, and they weren’t going to score. It was a focused effort all around.”

     That lead was established in the bottom of the third inning, when the Cubs took a 3-0 lead on RBI singles by A.J. Reuter, Tanner Felton and Mitch Monk.

     Monticello tacked on two more in the fifth, as Tanner Felton and Mitch Monk had two more RBI singles. Kyle Huxford singled home a run in the sixth to round out the Cubs’ scoring.

     Only once did Balltown have more than one runner on base, when it put runners on first and second in the top of the seventh inning with two out. A.J. Reuter struck out the next batter, however, ending the game.

     The Cubs then played host to Rickardsville in an Eastern Iowa Hawkeye League game June 25, and lost by a score of 8-4. Rickardsville led 5-3 through eight innings, and then scored three in the top of the ninth to extend the lead.

     Monticello had 12 hits. Hanken batted 3-for-4. Ben Stutt was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs. Huxford went 2-for-4 with a double, and A.J. Reuter was 2-for-5.

     Tyler Felton pitched the first eight innings, and took the loss.

     “Tyler had another great start, but we didn’t keep up with them once they got a lead,” Hanken said. “We’ll get another shot at them (this) week.”

Felton selected

     It was also announced that Tanner Felton was named the starting right fielder in the Telegraph Herald All-Star Game, to be played Sunday, July 9, 6 p.m. in Dyersville.

 

June 23

Monticello 6, Balltown 0

MONTICELLO                           AB    R      H    BI

Newhard 3b                                 4      1      1      0

Reuter, M. c                                 4      1      1      0

Thompson ss                               4      1      1      0

Reuter, A p                                   4      2      2      1

Felton, Ta. cf                                3      1      2      2

Huxford dh                                   2      0      1      1

Monk, Z. 2b                                  3      0      2      2

Stutt, B. 1b                                   3      0      0      0

Monk, Z. lf                                    3      0      0      0

Hosch rf                                       0      0      0      0

Totals                                         30     6     10     6

Balltown             000 000 0            –     0      3      2

Monticello          003 021 x             –     6    10      0

LOB – Monticello 10, Balltown 3.

SB – Ta. Felton.

Monticello                  IP      H     R    ER  BB   SO

Reuter, A. (W, 2-1)       7      3      0      0      1    13

Totals                           7      3      0      0      1    13 

 

June 25

Rickardsville 8, Monticello 4

MONTICELLO                           AB    R      H    BI

Reuter, M. 2b                               5      1      2      0

Felton, Ta. ss                               5      0      0      0

Stutt, B. c                                     3      0      2      2

Reuter, A. lf                                  5      1      2      0

Huxford rf                                     4      1      2      0

Miller cf                                        3      0      1      1

Stutt, L. 3b                                   3      0      0      0

Kray p                                          0      0      0      0

Felton, Ty. p                                 3      1      0      0

Hanken 1b                                   4      0      3      1

Totals                                         35     4     12     4

Rickardsville      001 100 213       –     8     13     1

Monticello          100 002 001       –     4     12     1

LOB – Monticello 9, Rickardsville 8.

2B – B. Stutt 2, Huxford.

Monticello                  IP    H      R    ER   BB   SO

Felton, Ty. (L, 1-3)       8    10      5      5      2      1

Kray                             1     3      3      2      0      0

Totals                          9    13      8      7      2      1

 

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