The shadows of Bay City Northwest players stretch onto the field as they watch teammates at bat in the 2019 state tournament. Jake May | MLive.com
BAY CITY, MI – Bay City Northwest and Bay City Southwest have a tradition of spirited battles.
And the opening game of the 59th annual Bay County Little League Championship showed that tradition is still going strong.
The neighboring foes kicked off the tournament that brings together the top two teams from each of Bay County’s four Little League programs in fine fashion Monday with a one-run nailbiter. The tourney continues at Southwest’s Kolb Field with contests at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, capped by Saturday’s noon title game.
UPDATED Bay County pairings, results and history
ANDERSON PHARMACY 3, SHEET METAL WORKERS 2
Anderson Pharmacy of Northwest outdueled Sheet Metal Workers of Southwest in a 3-2 thriller, taking the lead with a two-run fourth inning then holding on to the finish.
Caleb Cox and Collin Greer blasted doubles for Anderson while Maddix Rahn and Kyle Howard singled in the win. Rahn notched the pitching victory as the starter while Cox closed out the game for the save.
Chase Hockman tagged two hits and scored two runs for Sheet Metal and Mason Zatkovic added a single. Evan Richard and Jayden Perkins were strong on the hill in the pitching duel.
Fraternal Order of Police of Bay County Eastside showed its hitting punch, ripping nine hits en route to a 13-3 victory over Gorte & Day of Essexville-Hampton.
Jameson Wagner and Jerko Navas led the way with two hits apiece while Avery Kukla had a double and three walks. Zachary Mulders, Brady Rankey, Luke LaMarre-Ayala and Bremer Gansser each tallied one hit in the victory. Camden Pease registered the win on the pitching mound.
Dakota Inda tripled for Gorte & Day while Gavin Brey and Steve Rogers each added a hit.
Updated Bay County Little League Championship pairings, results and history
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