Winner/Colome Legion baseball team swept a double header over Valentine, Neb., Sunday.
The Royals won 3-1 in the first game in five innings.
Reed Harter threw the complete game giving up one run on two hits, 1 walk and 10 strikeouts.
Leading hitters were Riley Calhoon, Kelly O’Bryan and Nick Lantz each with singles. Calhoon had two RBIs.
In the second game, Winner/Colome won 8-4 in eight innings.
Landon Engel started on the mound and pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four runs on 4 hits, 6 walks and 6 strikeouts.
Harter pitched 2 2/3 of an inning in relief to earn the win. He have up no runs on 1 hit, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.
Jordan Turgeon pitched the 8th inning giving up no runs on no hits, 1 walk and 2 strikeouts.
Calhoon had 3 singles, 2 RBI and a 2 stolen bases. Harter had a double and a single with 3 runs scored and 3 stolen bases. O’Bryan added a double and 2 RBIs.
“I was pleased with the way we played overall since this was our first game of the year for a few of the guys,” said coach Drew Weber. “I thought that we pitched really well and limited our errors in the field, but we were far from perfect. It’s always nice to win a couple of games to start the season, especially in extra innings in the second game. We have a lot of young players filling in and they stepped up for us Sunday,” said the coach.
The next action for the Legion team will be Friday, June 12, went they host Gregory County at Leahy Bowl at 7 p.m.
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