Page 8 THE NORTON TELEGRAM Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Norton Legion splits with Scott City By DICK BOYD “Our team is getting closer to
[email protected] being set with just a few more The Norton American Legion positions to be solidified. We baseball team defeated Scott City changed our batting order and that 6-5 at John Ryan Field on Sunday, worked out well. June 29 but lost the second contest “We still make dumb mistakes 15-6. but the players know that if a coach In the opener, Scott City scored takes them out of the game it is not two runs in the top of the first but to punish them but to get them to Norton took a 3-2 lead with three fully understand what we are try- scores in the bottom of the inning. ing to instill in our team. Todd Zink led off with a single, “In our first game, Jordan Garrett Tacha walked, Jordan pitched a strong four innings be- Durham slammed a double and fore giving way to Garrett. These all three tallied. two young men are the pitching Scott City came back with two strength of our team as they have more runs in the top of the second pitched more than anyone else.” to make it 4-3. Norton did not In the second contest, Scott score in the bottom of the inning City scored six runs in the top of but Scott City was held scoreless the first inning, two more in the in the top of the third.