Claremont’s Legion and Junior Legion baseball teams opened their summer campaigns last week with Webster downing the Legion squad 6-2 and the Junior Legion nine splitting a twin bill with Sisseton, taking the opener 3-0 but falling in the nightcap 10-4.
Webster Legion 6
Claremont 2
Claremont led 1-0 after three innings but Webster rallied for three runs in the fourth and added three more in the sixth for the win.
“Three errors and eight walks doomed us, and we couldn’t get a timely hit,” said Claremont coach Joe Gustafson.
Case Reints doubled, and Chris Cutler, Korbin McKane, and Wes Morehouse singled for the Honkers. Rennan Bruns took the pitching loss and struck out six.
Claremont Jr. Legion 3-4
Sisseton 0-10
Claremont broke a scoreless tie with a run in the fourth and that’s all the Honkers needed for the opening win, but Sisseton erased a 4-2 deficit to earn the split.
Reints turned in a dominant pitching performance in the opener, allowing just two hits and striking out 10 in going the distance in the five-inning contest. Harry Cutler and Morehouse each laced RBI singles, Nick Cutler doubled, and Carter Glines, Nate Schuller, and Reints added safeties.
The Honkers out-hit Sisseton 3-2 in the nightcap but three errors and 11 walks proved costly. Reints, Nick Cutler, and Glines each singled for Claremont.
