Rangers fall to Greeley

By Wyoming Sports.org

GREELEY, Colo. -- The Laramie Rangers AA American Legion baseball team’s tough luck continues, as Greeley GoJo Sports rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth for a 5-4 win Thursday night in the first game of a doubleheader. The GoJo's then won the second game, 14-6.

Last weekend in Gillette, Rapid City (S.D.) Post 320 scored a run in the bottom of the seventh for a one-run win. Thursday’s losses dropped Laramie to 2-8 on the season. Greeley, which split with Cheyenne Post 6 on Wednesday, is now 3-1.

In the first game against Greeley, Laramie came back from a 3-0 deficit in the first inning with a run in the second, two in the fifth and one in the eighth inning.

The Rangers out-hit the GoJo's 8-5. Jon Sorenson and Jordan Rhodine both had a pair of hits for the Rangers, with Sorenson coming through with a two-run single in the fifth inning. Third baseman Max Schoen also had a pair of RBI in the game for Laramie.

Coleton Wilson was the tough-luck loser on the mound for Laramie, as he gave up just five hits.

The Rangers couldn’t recover in the nightcap, as one bad inning did them in. Laramie led 4-1 with three runs in the first inning, but Greeley exploded for 12 runs in the second inning. The Rangers did score twice in the fifth, but Greeley wended the game with a run in the bottom of the sixth.

Mike Garner had a two-run double in the first for Laramie and Skyler Joy had a RBI single in the second. Laramie finished with nine hits in the game, with Joy leading the way with a single and a double.

Rhodine was the losing pitcher, with Jason Rodriguez, Sorenson, Joy and Schoen also seeing time on the mound.

The Rangers will return to action Wednesday with their home opener against the WESTCO Zephyrs (Scottsbluff-Gering, Neb.), with a doubleheader at Cowboy Field beginning at 5 p.m.