"I was expecting to hit," said the Post 122 catcher. "That's my role, that's my job." Govednik smacked the first pitch he saw into right field to score two, which was followed by another two-run hit by Matt Duren as Warrenton battled back to a 7-3 victory over host Wentzville at Fireman's Park. The two late clutch hits rewarded a fearless outing by starting pitcher Adam Ragsdale, who persevered to post the complete-game victory. The right-hander tossed 150 pitches in his endurance test and though he nearly exited in the sixth inning when Wentzville scored twice, he wasn't about to leave the mound. Ragsdale finished with three scoreless innings, retiring eight of the final 11 batters he faced. "I like pitching a lot," Ragsdale said. "I don't mind pitching a whole bunch of innings." Two weeks ago, the .500 level felt attainable, but still remained out of reach. Four consecutive wins later, it's a reality. Post 122 upped its summer record to 7-7 overall heading into Thursday's game at St. Pacific. "We're here, baby," Manager Jerry Carlyle said. "That feels great. I think they are all happy about it. But we can't let teams like this stay around. You just can't do that." Indeed, if not for the late heroics, this game would have slipped away. Warrenton received a two-out, two-run single from Duren in the opening inning to quickly grab a lead. A wild pitch led to another run in the top of the sixth when Patrick McGuire raced home for a 3-1 advantage. But the lead was quickly coughed up in the bottom half of the frame. After the first three batters reached, Wentzville cut the deficit in half on a squeeze bunt. Following a visit by Carlyle, a fielding error led to a 3-3 tie. Ragsdale retired the next two batters to escape, helping himself when he caught a line drive and doubled off the runner at third base. He then got a strikeout swinging to end the frame. Still tied entering the top of the eighth, Jared Sitze walked and Greg Schuknecht singled with one out. Darren Carlyle then hit a grounder to short for what appeared to be a routine inning-ending double play. However, the inning was extended when the shortstop's flip to second was dropped to load the bases. At that time, Warrenton had just one hit in 12 at-bats with runners in scoring position and had stranded 10. That was about to change. Govednik, who had gone hitless in his first four at-bats, including two possible hits robbed by diving catches in the outfield, connected on a fastball from Thomas Gamache, the second of three Wentzville hurlers. The line drive down the right field line easily scored Sitze and Schuknecht. "The last few games I knew I had been hitting the ball hard, so I figured go up there and keep on doing the same thing," Govednik said. "Sooner or later, good things would happen." Wentzville then elected to intentionally walk Eric Burton to set up a force out at any bag, but the move backfired. Duren, who came in leading the team in hitting, drove a deep fly into the left center field gap that dropped in to bring in Darren Carlyle and Govednik. The timeliness overshadowed the earlier failures when Warrenton failed to break open the game. "I figured it was time for us to start getting us hits," Ragsdale said. "Mike just got robbed a few times with runners on. It was all coming around." Ragsdale was charged with two of three runs on seven hits. He struck out six and walked four. He also stranded nine base runners. Duren's three-hit night led Post 122, which also had multi-hit games from Adam Nickelson and Patrick McGuire and had 10 hits overall. While Warrenton maybe wasn't deserving of the outcome, it found a way to win. "We're leaving guys on bases again in clutch situations," Jerry Carlyle said. "We're not doing the job. But all of a sudden, we have that big inning. Mike comes through, Matt comes through. We ended up getting the clutch hits at the right time. Ragsdale threw a heck of a game."