Altamont Offense Stalls in NTC Third Place Game Loss to WSS

The Altamont Indians were held to just a pair of hits in a 8-1 loss to Windsor/Stew-Stras in the Third Place game of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament at Beecher City High School on Saturday. The Hatchets took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and tacked on another run in the top of the fourth for a 3-0 lead. As Altamont continued to be held hitless by WSS starting pitcher Jackson Gurgel, the Hatchets would open their lead up further with a four-run top of the 6^th inning as the Indians trailed 7-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. Altamont would break up Gurgel’s no-hitter in the inning as Cooper McManaway singled to shortstop with one out. After a fly out to center, Kade Milleville walked as the Indians threatened with two runners aboard but a strike out would end the inning. The Hatchets drew a leadoff walk before back to back singles resulted in another run and the Indians found themselves trailing 8-0 coming to the plate in the bottom of the seventh. Senior Keegan Schultz drove the second pitch he saw over the center field fence to put Altamont on the scoreboard and cut into the WSS lead, 8-1, but a ground out and a strike out ended the inning and the game as Altamont fell 8-1 to end their season. The Indians wrap up the fall going 11-13 with a 4^th place finish in the NTC Tournament.