Another frustrating setback to St. Elizabeth ended the fall portion of the Vienna High School’s baseball campaign last week in the third annual Show-Me Central Conference Tournament, held Oct. 5-9 at St. Elizabeth.

In the two conference tourney games the Eagles defeated Prairie Home 13-4 Wednesday, Oct. 7 and in the championship game was clipped by tourney champ St. Elizabeth 9-8 Friday, Oct. 9.

Vienna finished the fall season with a 6-6 record.

Show-Me Central

Conference Tournament

Oct. 7 - Vienna 13, Prairie Home 4: After Prairie Home got a run in the top of the first, the Eagles erupted for six runs in the bottom of the second and led the rest of the way. The Vienna lead was cut to 6-4 in the fifth inning. However, a seven-run sixth inning allowed the Eagles to pull away. Vienna outhit Prairie Home 12-7.

Bentley Haller went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored for the Eagles while Evan Simmons had a double, single, two RBI and a run; Hunter Schwartze a double, two RBI and two runs; Brett Welschmeyer a double and two runs; Paxten Jeremy a hit, two RBI and a run; Mason Via a hit, RBI and two runs; Jaiden Hayes and Wyatt Wulff a hit and RBI each, and Parker James a hit and run.

Schwartze was the starting pitcher and worked five innings, allowing four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while fanning six. Simmons threw the final two frames of hitless relief, striking out five.

Oct. 9 - St. Elizabeth 9, Vienna 8: The Eagles went into the bottom of the seventh inning with an 8-4 lead, but could not hold off St. Elizabeth.

St. Elizabeth also edged Vienna by one run in the championship game of last spring’s district tournament title game.

Friday, Vienna took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. After St. Elizabeth tied it up in the third, the two teams swapped single runs, Vienna scoring in the fourth and St. Elizabeth one in the fifth.

St. Elizabeth would take a 4-2 advantage with two runs in the sixth frame. However, the Eagles roared back to plate six runs in the top of the seventh to make it 8-4.

St. Elizabeth rallied for five runs in the bottom of the seventh, with Keyton Doerhoff getting the walk-off RBI single for the winner. St. Elizabeth outhit Vienna 9-7 and the two squads combined for seven errors.

Via had a double, single and three RBI for the Eagles while Hayes, Wulff, Welschmeyer, Jeremy and James each had a hit. The Eagles stole four bases.

Evan Simmons pitched 6 1/3 innings for the Eagles, with Via and Jeremy finishing up.