St. Pius X won its 16th straight baseball game in walk-off fashion Tuesday afternoon in the Class 3 District 3 semifinal at Jefferson High.
Trailing Arcadia Valley 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Adam Edwards led off for the Lancers (19-2) in the seventh, was hit by Taylon Jones’ pitch and took first base. Jones, Arcadia Valley’s starting pitcher, struck out Dustin Burch on three pitches and got Tyler Hedtkamp to pop out foul to the catcher.
But the rally began when Eli Dale singled and Edwards reached third base. Kaleb Schweigert stepped into the batters box and dropped a base hit into short right field. Edwards trotted in with the tying run and Dale kept sprinting around the bases until he crossed home plate with a 4-3 St. Pius victory.
Schweigert was 0-for-3 at the plate before his game-winning at-bat.
“The first pitch was a ball and I told Adam on third base to stay. Then (Jones) threw me an outside strike and I knew it was time to buckle down and get a hit. At first I thought (the outfielder) was going to catch it, it fell in and Eli Dale hustled all the way around the bases.”
The game was a continuation of Monday’s rain out and was tied 2-2 in the third inning when it resumed Tuesday. A double by Ryan Almany, triple by Jeremy Isenman and single by Zander Parson accounted for the Lancers two runs on Monday.
Isenman was the starting pitcher Monday, but he walked two, allowed three hits and three runs. Hedtkamp took the hill for St. Pius on Tuesday and earned the win after pitching five scoreless innings and striking out six.
St. Pius, the No. 2 seed in the district, plays top-seeded West County (15-4) today (Wednesday) in the championship at 4 p.m.
BASEBALL
Class 2 District 3 at Ste. Genevieve
Seeds: 1. Chaffee (18-1); 2. Valle (17-9); 3. Bismarck (12-9); 4. Meadow Heights (9-7); 5. St. Vincent (7-13); 6. Kingston (4-12); 7. Crystal City (1-12)
May 12: Meadow Heights 6, St. Vincent 2; Bismarck 7, Kingston 0; Valle Catholic 15, Crystal City 1
May 14: Chaffee 11, Meadow Heights 1; Valle Catholic 6, Bismarck 1
May 15: (Championship) Valle Catholic 7, Chaffee 1
Class 3 District 3 at Jefferson
Seeds: 1. West County (13-4); 2. St. Pius X (16-2); 3. Arcadia Valley (11-9); 4. Jefferson (10-11); 5. Saxony Lutheran (15-5); 6. Woodland (3-14)
May 12: Saxony Lutheran 6, Jefferson 1; Arcadia Valley 4, Woodland 2
May 14: West County 4, Saxony Lutheran 0; St. Pius X 4, Arcadia Valley 3
May 16: (Championship) West County vs. St. Pius X
Class 3 District 4 at Heine Meine Field
Seeds: 1. Herculaneum (10-4-1); 2. Hancock (12-8); 3. Carnahan (11-0); 4. Grandview (6-12); 5. Cleveland NJROTC (2-6); 6. Gateway Science Charter (2-7)
May 12: Grandview 10, Cleveland 0
May 14: Hancock 10, Carnahan 0
May 16: Herculaneum vs. Grandview
May 17: (Championship) Hancock vs.
Class 4 District 2 at Ste. Genevieve
Seeds: 1. Ste. Genevieve (17-5); 2. Festus (13-7); 3. Park Hills Central (15-7); 4. North County (16-8); 5. Potosi (13-10); 6. De Soto (8-13); 7. Windsor (5-15)
May 12: Potosi 8, North County 5 (8 innings); Festus 6, Windsor 1; Park Hills Central 3, De Soto 2 (9 innings)
May 14: Potosi 6, Ste. Genevieve 1; Park Hills Central 4, Festus 2
May 17: (Championship) Potosi vs. Park Hills Central
Class 5 District 1 at Cape Girardeau Central
Seeds: 1. Jackson (17-8); 2. Poplar Bluff (20-2); 3. Cape Girardeau Central (11-12); 4. Farmington (7-17); 5. Hillsboro (7-9); 6. Northwest (7-13-1)
May 11: Hillsboro 4, Farmington 3; Northwest 7, Cape Central 4
May 12: Jackson 11, Hillsboro 4; Poplar Bluff 7, Northwest 1
May 14: (Championship) Jackson 5, Poplar Bluff 2
Class 5 District 2 at Oakville
Seeds: 1. Lindbergh (15-11); 2. Rockwood Summit (16-9-1); 3. Oakville (12-11); 4. Seckman (14-10); 5. Fox (9-8); 6. Mehlville (3-15-1)
May 11: Fox 13, Seckman 5; Oakville 5, Mehlville 2
May 14: Lindbergh 18, Fox 0; Summit 12, Oakville 2
May 15: (Championship) Lindbergh 4, Summit 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Class 2 District 1 at Perryville
Seeds: 1. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) (16-3-1); 2. Perryville (13-4-1); 3. Fredericktown (11-7); 4. St. Pius X (4-10)
May 14: Notre Dame 5, St. Pius 0; Perryville 3, Fredericktown 2
May 16: (Championship) Notre Dame vs. Perryville
Class 3 District 2 at Hillsboro
Seeds: 1. Windsor (10-7); 2. Hillsboro (15-8); 3. Festus (4-13); 4. De Soto (3-13)
May 14: Windsor 6, De Soto 0; Hillsboro 7, Festus 1
May 17: (Championship) Windsor vs. Hillsboro
Class 4 District 1 at Poplar Bluff
Seeds: 1. Northwest (12-8-1); 2. Jackson (15-4); 3. Seckman (6-9); 4. Poplar Bluff (6-17)
May 14: Northwest 9, Poplar Bluff 1; Jackson 3, Seckman 0
May 16: (Championship) Northwest vs. Jackson
Class 4 District 6 at Fox
Seeds: 1. Oakville (12-6-1); 2. Lindbergh (12-6-1); 3. Mehlville (5-14); 4. Fox (8-10)
May 16: Lindbergh vs. Mehlville, 4;15 p.m.; Oakville vs. Fox, 6 p.m.
May 18: Championship, 6 p.m.