Let's start with some of the hot teams in Missouri after this hot April weekend.

Westminster Christian Academy started slowly at the plate and some observers "wrote off" the team ... not so fast. The team is now sitting at 11-5 with nine straight wins and batting averages on the rise. Don't forget Jacob Turner will be on the mound for all the "big" matchups for the Wildcats.

Van Horn (7-0) remained unbeaten with 9-4 win over Hickman Mills in tournament play.

Francis Howell (12-5) has won five of the last six games under coach Tony Perkins. Nice wins over Vianney and Holt highlighted play this week for the Vikings.

Rolla’s win was no surprise to any baseball fans across the state for the No. 2 ranked team. This week, ace southpaw Dalton Friend returned to the mound without any soreness. Velocity and movement looked tremendous in this limited 50-pitch performance as the Bulldogs (16-2) whipped St. Clair 8-2.

Parkway Central (10-4) is riding a six-game win streak into this week. The Colts have standout slugger Matt Borgschulte leading the way from the plate.

Marquette (8-3) has won six of its last seven games, including impressive wins over Parkway South (11-1) and Festus (9-2) recently.

DuBourg (9-4) had eight game win streak snapped by Lafayette on Friday in tournament action.

I'll have more hot teams next week...

A triple play is an unusual play at any time. This week, Timberland pulled off a real unusual triple play. As CBC batted in the sixth trying to rally with two runners on base, a pop up to shallow right field, down the line, seemingly in "no man's land" was caught on a diving play.

Both runners tagged up on second and third base. After the play, an appeal was made regarding both runners leaving too early and it was granted. A triple play without any outs in the infield by a tag of any sort is a new one for me.

There really just aren't too many shutouts in high school baseball.

Well, how about the Fort Zumwalt South Bulldog staff. They proudly have four shutouts and two other one-run games already in 2009. AJ Walkenhorst leads this very talented staff.

GOOSE EGG GAMES OF THE WEEK

Rob Douthit only gave up runs in a single inning as he led Holt past Howell North, 4-3. Douthit had 12 strikeouts in the complete game performance.

Andy Flett of Lindbergh struck out 15 Oakville Tigers players as the Lindbergh Flyers handed the Tigers their first loss of the year, 6-5.

Fox did a shutout by committee approach in the 5-0 whitewashing of the Kirkwood Pioneers. Brian Burwell hurled six, and Jack Celeslie finished up the shutout in the seventh.

WALK-OFF TIME

Matt Borgschulte's three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth gave the Parkway Central Colts a 10-7 win over the Parkway West Longhorns. This game had three dingers. Keenan Maddox opened up the blast parade with a home run for West. Tyler Gans also poked one out for the Colts.

Kirk Moore knocked a three-run blast over the boards as he led the Monnet Cubs to a 14-12 win over Carl Junction. Moore finished with four RBIs for the day.

RUNNIN’ WILD GAMES OF THE WEEK

Westminster 17, Parkway North 14 in a game that saw 29 combined hits. A leaky defense (seven errors) caught up to the Vikings in this one. Jacob Turner, usually mentioned for his pitching, had three hits and five RBIs for the Wildcats.

Fox 12, Marquette 10. Fox was behind 10-3 as they pushed across nine runs in the sixth inning! Mike Corbeil had three hits and six RBIs for the Mustangs in this wild affair.

East Newton 15, Lamar 14 as scoring took place in practically each half inning of this Big 8 Conference game. Clayton Miller paced the Patriots with three hits and five RBIs.

Berkeley scored four runs in the top of the seventh to rally for a 17-15 victory over Normandy.

EXTRA INNINGS

Timberland and Fort Zumwalt North each scored two runs in the first inning. Neither team scored again until the Wolves scored the winner in the bottom of the eighth in Gateway Athletic Conference play to win 3-2.