An early hole was too deep from which to dig in loss to Excelsior
A four-run top-of-the-first inning hole proved to be too much for Post 334, which lost its 10th District winners’ bracket semifinal game to Excelsior Saturday night 7-3.
Excelsior, which is scheduled to face Eden Prairie for the 10th District championship Sunday afternoon, took advantage of a pair of one-out walks, then three straight hits to score the first four runs of the game. By the sixth, Excelsor had constructed a 6-0 advantage before Post 334 awoke from its slumber and scored three runs with no one out.
A run-scoring single by Brandon Flippen, followed by a bases loaded two-run single by Jeremy Oakley quickly cut the deficit in half and left runners on first and second without an out.
But that was as far as Excelsior allowed Post 334′s rally to extend: three runs. A pop out and consecutive strikeouts ended the inning.
Post 334 will now faced the Chester Birds (Benilde St. Margaret’s Legion entry) in a win or season-over game Sunday, 9 a.m. back at Veterans Field in Minnetonka.
Posted: July 24th, 2010