Plattsmouth Junior Legion baseball team beats Nebraska City

By Brent Hardin

Monday, Jun 16, 2008 - 07:58:39 pm CDT

PLATTSMOUTH - Plattsmouth erupted for three or more runs in three of five innings Monday night to defeat the Nebraska Junior Legion baseball team 13-5.

Plattsmouth rallied from a 1-0 deficit with six runs in the second inning and padded a 6-5 lead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Blue Devils scored four times in the fifth to end the game due to the 8-run mercy rule.

Plattsmouth is scheduled to play at Blair Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and will be at Yutan Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The team will play at Syracuse Friday at 7 p.m. before playing a home doubleheader Sunday. Plattsmouth will play Papillion-La Vista Post 32 at 11 a.m. and will face Associated Fire Protection (Papillion-La Vista South) at 4 p.m.

Nebraska City 014 00 - 5 4 4

Plattsmouth 060 34 - 13 4 1

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Photo by Brent Hardin / The Journal Plattsmouth's Matt Cook delivers a pitch in the top of the fifth inning Monday night against Nebraska City. Plattsmouth's Junior Legion baseball team scored seven runs in the final two innings to knock off the Pioneers 13-5.