The season came to an end for the Emporia Senior American Legion baseball team Saturday. Post 5 was run-ruled by Ottawa 20-2 in 5 innings in a zone tournament elimination game. Ottawa scored 10 runs in the 1st inning and never looked back. They added 7 runs in the 3rd inning. Emporia would score single runs in the 1st and 3rd innings.
Emporia Coach Anthony Markowitz said that the first inning was tough to overcome.
The Emporia Seniors finish their season with a 7 and 16 record.
In the zone tournament championship game, Pittsburg outscored Ottawa 5-2. Both Pittsburg and Ottawa advance to the AAA/AA State tournament to be played in Pittsburg July 28th – 30th.
