ALTON POST 126 3, VALMEYER POST 901 0: Adam Stilts threw a three-hit shutout as Alton American Legion Post 126’s baseballers scored a 3-0 win over Valmeyer Post 901 Friday evening at Alton High’s Redbird Field to go to 17-12 overall on the summer.
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Stilts went the distance and struck out eight in getting the win; Alton itself had three hits on the evening, one of them a double from Elijah Dannenbrink; Stilts and Zaide Wilson had the other two Alton hits. Dannenbrink, Gage Booten and Ben Mossman had runs scored for Post 126; all three Alton runs came in the bottom of the fifth.
Post 126 meets up with Lincoln and Harrisburg this weekend at Redbird Field; Lincoln will visit Saturday and Harrisburg Sunday, with both games starting at 3 p.m.. Edwardsville Post 199 will take on both teams prior to their games against Alton, with those games beginning at noon.
Steven Spencer also contributed to this story.
Steven Spencer also contributed to this story