Maple Grove Legion Baseball Loses Sub-State Opener
After Wednesday’s heavy rains wiped games out, sunshine greeted teams in the Sub-State 10 American Legion baseball tournament Thursday.
Third seed Maple Grove lost 5-1 to sixth seed Elk River in a first-round game played at Gleason Fields in Maple Grove.
Elk River scored twice in the third and two more in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead, with Lincoln Trushenski knocking in all four runs.
Elks starter Bennett Masey threw four scoreless innings.
Maple Grove scored a run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 4-1 before Elk River added an insurance run in the top of the seventh.
Osseo’s Memorial Field is the main site for the tournament, which runs through Sunday.
Maple Grove Senior High School
