Mixed bag for Medical Lake Legion team

It was a mixed bag that followed Medical Lake’s AA American Legion Baseball team through their 1-5 week of play last week.

Bats were either smacking the ball, or not. Gloves were either snagging the ball, or not. And pitchers were either on, or not.

The week started out with a literal bang and a 23-12 win over Central Valley, followed by a 6-3 loss in game two June 20.

“It was crazy, it was a 3 1/2 hour game,” co-head coach Austin Sharp said of the opening slugfest. “We hit the heck out of the ball,” Sharp added, noting Medical Lake had 15 hits. No individual batting statistics were provided f...