Juniors Open Tournament with Win Against Bridgeport

Sidney’s American Legion Post 17 Junior Baseball teams traveled on Friday for weekend tournament action, and endured a battle against the Bridgeport Bombers, coming from behind to grab the 12-to-11 win to open the tournament.

Sidney’s Connor Hurt opened the game on the mound for Sidney, and gave up one hit and five runs over three innings, as the Sidney squad was victimized by misplays and errors to fall behind. Sidney chipped away at the 5-to-1 lead in the bottom of the third, plating two runs to narrow the deficit to 5-to-3. Although the Bombers continued to score, Sidney responded with runs of their own, but were down 7-to-11 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Sidney trailed with two outs, but were able to hang on and score four runs, with the final two delivered by Patrick McCartney’s double to end the game in walk-off fashion for the 12-to-11 Sidney win.

The Juniors did not fare as well in their other contests, falling behind early against Casper en route to a 16-to-4 loss, then falling 12-to-0 in three innings against Rapid City. Sunday’s games were postponed due to severe thunderstorms and tornado warning in the panhandle area on Sunday.