Between No. 5 in Class 1 and No. 5 in Class 2, it came down to a play at the plate.
The question after the game was whether the runner was out or safe.
"It was a close play. It could have went either way," Vienna coach Tyler Shalbot said following Saturday's 2-1 win against St. Elizabeth to cap off the Calvary Lutheran Tournament. "Hopefully the umpire's got a better view than I do. I hate for a good game like that to end on a close call like that."
Vienna's Tyler Roberds took off for home when a pitch ended up at the backstop. The Hornets got the ball back to the plate, but Roberds was called safe, winning it for the Eagles in the seventh inning.
"I personally thought he was out," St. Elizabeth coach Nick Voss said. "The ball definitely got there in time."
Whether he was safe or out, it ended a game dominated by pitching a small ball.
Roberds led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk, stole second and advanced to third on Carson Hayes' sacrifice bunt before scoring the winning run.
"Whenever you struggle offensively you've got to get it any way you can," Shalbot said. " The last (bunt) there helped us score that run and win it."
Each team finished with five hits, with Vienna recording the lone double.
Sophomore Logan Agan pitched a complete game for Vienna, striking out nine and walking none.
"We kind of struggled. We had a lot of strikeouts," Voss said. "He had a really good curveball, it broke real well. It was just kind of one of those games where we try to be aggressive with his fastball early and just want to put it in play and make them make plays. We were able to get that run there to tie it up in the sixth and I thought we were kind of getting some momentum for us, and I was hoping he would get to his restriction. He did an excellent job pitching."
Agan threw 81 pitches, 14 from the limit for a sophomore.
Zach Voss was pulled after five innings because he reached the pitch-count limit. The freshman allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and a walk.
"I think his changeup was working well today," Nick Voss said. "They were just kind of out in front on a lot of his changeups and got some ground balls out of it. It was a good day for him."
Mason Kemna finished the game on the mound, striking out one and allowing a single in the sixth, and walking one in the seventh.
Vienna led 1-0 for a good portion of the game, as Gavin Stricklan led off the second with a screaming double off the left-field fence and scoring on Roberds' single to shallow right-center field.
St. Elizabeth failed to score in the fourth with a leadoff single and stolen base. Vienna left a runner at third in the bottom half and both teams were retired in order in the fifth.
The Hornets tied it a 1 in the sixth. Brady Heckemeyer led off with a single and ended up scoring on Dakota Kemna's single to right field. Kemna was St. Elizabeth's lone player with multiple hits, recording three singles.
Ross Struemph hit a one-out single in the seventh before Vienna turned a strange double play. McCrae Fuller fielded a ground ball at shortstop, stepped on second base and his throw hit Struemph, resulting in the hitter being called out in interference.
St. Elizabeth began the day with a 10-0 win in six innings against Calvary Lutheran, which hosted its portion of the tournament as the scheduled games at New Bloomfield were canceled.
"We put the ball in play a little bit more and got some more hits," Voss said. "We kept it clean on the infield. Overall happy with how we played with not playing for a while."
Aaron Blomberg pitched all six innings in the shutout.
"He did really well. Kept them off-balance with his off-speeds for strikes," Voss said.
St. Elizabeth (3-2) has a quick turnaround as it will take on Fatima in Westphalia on Monday.
Vienna (5-2) is also back on the field Monday when it begins Gasconade Valley Conference Tournament play against Bourbon.