Junior Legion baseball comes to an end
End on back to back home runs
BROKEN BOW - Broken Bow, the #2 seed and Ogallala, the #3 seed in the Mid Nebraska League Juniors tournament West Division met up at Paul Brown Field Saturday afternoon. Broken Bow took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Ogallala answered with two runs of their own in the third inning and then three more runs in the fourth inning to take a 5-4 lead over Broken Bow. Broken Bow tied the game 5-5 in the bottom of the fourth. In the fifth inning they sealed the win with two runs and held on to a 7-5 win to advance.
Caden Holm started on the mound for Bow. He surrendered five runs on four hits over three and a third innings. Austin Harvey was credited with the win giving up zero runs on one hit over one and two thirds innings. Max Denson finished the game throwing two innings of relief out of the bullpen.
Broken Bow had 13 hits on the afternoon. Caden Holm and Keifer Anderson each had three
hits to lead Bow.
Broken Bow did not commit a single error in the field.
Chase County the #1 seed hosted Holdrege the #5 seed Saturday afternoon. Chase County came away with a 5-2 win to set the stage for #1 seed Chase County and #2 seed Broken Bow to play in Imperial Sunday afternoon.
The two teams met twice previously in their shortened season. in the first game at Broken Bow, Imperial defeated Broken Bow 3-2 in a 10 inning heartbreaker. However, in the second game, Broken Bow got revenge by defeating Chase County at Imperial 7-5.
In Sunday’s game, Chase County took an early 2-0 lead. Broken Bow made up some ground in the top of the third with a run of their own but Imperial negated that with a run in the bottom of the third to keep a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the fourth inning Chase County added two more runs to extend their lead to 5-1. It was not looking good for Broken Bow, but then in the top of the fifth inning they made a huge statement that they were fighting to the end with back to back home runs by Sawyer Bumgarner and Caden Holm, scoring three runs and making it a one run game.
Unlike Saturday’s game, errors played a role in Broken Bow’s 11-6 loss to Chase County that ended their season with a 11-6 record.
Austin Harvey took the loss for Broken Bow.
He lasted five innings allowing eight hits and seven runs.
Broken Bow had 11 hits in the game. Kaden McKeen, Caden Holm and Carter Johnson each had two hits to lead Bow. Sawyer Bumgarner and Caden Holm also had back to back home runs in the fifth inning to attempt a rally.
Chase County, the #1 seed in the West Division plays Shelton/Gibbon, the #5 seed in the East Division in the League championship game July 22.
The Seniors Mid Nebraska League Tournament begins July 28. The seeding and bracket did not come out in time for the July 23 edition deadline.
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