Stunned: Post 334 was upset in its opening district game 4-1
Cambridge Legion scored three runs in the last of the eighth inning Thursday afternoon to break a 1-1 tie and ultimately hand Post 334 a 4-1 defeat in the first round of 1oth District tournament play.
Post 334 took a 1-0 lead into the seventh inning, but gave up a tying run on passed ball with two out. After squandering a bases-loaded, one-out chance in the top of the eighth, Post 334 was victimized by a misjudged line drive to left that resulted in a double, a one-out single to score the tie-breaking run, then a two-out throwing error allowed two more runs to score.
There was little the team could do against Cambridge starting pitcher Cole Bakke, who made the right pitches at the game’s right moments. Despite allowing runners in scoring position in five of the first seven innings, then the bases-loaded situation in the eighth, Bakke magnificently survived until leaving the mound in the top of the ninth.
Post 334 starter Alex Aase also pitched well through seven innings, but was well up in his pitch count when he departed with the score tied 1-1.
The loss knocked Post 334 into the 10th District losers’ bracket of this double-elimination tournament. The next game is Friday morning at 9 a.m. against Maple Grove.
Posted: July 21st, 2011