In a game heard on WEZC and online at dewittdailynews.com, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond scored five runs in the second inning but Monticello answered with 12 unanswered runs the rest of the way to roll to a 15-5, five-inning run-rule win in non-conference high school boys baseball action from Monticello Tuesday afternoon.

Defense in the high-scoring contest was sloppy at times as high winds on Tuesday made fly balls difficult to track. The winning run was scored on a hit-by-pitch for Monticello that brought in the winning run with the bases loaded. 

The teams combined for ten walks and five batters were hit by a pitch.

Monticello junior Ike Young connected for a two-run home run in the third inning. He finished 1-for-3. Dylan Brown was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Eli Craft was 2-for-3 with Carter Foran finished 1-for-3 with a run scored.

The Sages scored three runs in the first inning. The Knights answered with five runs in the top of the second inning. The Sages committed three errors, hit a batter and issued a free pass while allowing just two hits in the inning. Three of ALAHs five runs came with two outs.

The Sages took over from there scoring four runs in the bottom of the second. Young's first home run on the season in the third blistered through a stiff breeze blowing left-to-right on the diamond, just clearing the left field fence. 

Monticello scored four more runs in the fourth inning, capped by a Dylan Brown bases-clearing double. 

Craft was hit by a pitch twice in the game, and his second hit-by-pitch brought in the winning run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth inning to end it. 

ALAH drops to 1-3. 

Monticello improves to 5-0. They travel to Oakwood on Thursday.