Winner Junior Legion baseball team played four games in Sioux Falls over the weekend.
In the first game on Saturday, Winner fell just short of the Renner Dukes 7-6.
Despite a six run deficit in the fourth inning, Winner almost came all the way back, getting nipped by just one point.
Winner scored five runs in the comeback on runs by Oscar Pravecek, Kameron Meiners, Tyler Olson and a double by Pravecek in the sixth.
Joren Bruun led things off on the hill for Winner. Phillip Jorgensen, Jacob Beckers and Bosten Morehart all contributed in relief.
Saturday afternoon, Winner shut out Brandon Valley 12-0.
Winner scores four runs each in the second, third and fourth innings.
Joren Bruun led Winner with two hits in three at bats. Other leading hitters were Colby Kaiser, 1-3, Phillip Jorgensen, 1-2, Oscar Pravecek, 1-3, Fred Whiting, 1-3, Jacob Beckers, 1-1.
Evan Farner was the winning pitcher.
Sunday morning Detroit Lakes, Minn., defeated Winner 5-3.
The Winner Junior Legion scored 2 runs in the third and one in the fifth.
Meiners led things off on the mound for Winner as he surrendered five runs on six hits over six innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Bruun and Whiting each had 2 hits for Winner.
In the last game of the tournament for Winner, they were defeated by Harrisburg 9-0.
The local junior legion team fell behind early and could not come back.
Whiting led the team at the plate as he was 3-3 with a double.
Pitching for Winner were Aaron Gilchrist, Bruun and Whiting.
The junior Legion will host Platte on Wednesday, July 18, with game starting at 6 p.m.
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