Stakes were high Monday for the Alliance Navy club at the B 6 district tournament in Holdrege. Their opponent, FCB from McCook, was undefeated and a loss by the Spartans would end their season. Alliance jumped to an early 3 to 0 lead but First Central Bank rallied with 9 straight scores and went on to post a 9 to 4 win. The Peltz Co ends their season with a 24-25-2 record. Alliance had a nice showing in the tourney, going 2 and 2. Pitching for the Navy nine was starter Jackson Devlin and relievers Teagan O’Gorman and Jayden Garcia. Alliance finished the contest with 5 hits.
Alliance hit first and tallied 3 runs to take the early lead. Israel Garcia started the scoring by reaching on a McCook error. A single by O’Gorman continued the spree. Tanner Salcido was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Spartans first run came after an RBI hit by Casyn Rodriguez. A sacrifice fly by Miguel Galvan ensued as the Peltz Co plated run #2. Devlin then helped his cause with a double to make it 3 to 0. Mccook went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the first and the contest went to the second with the Navy club ahead 3 to 0.
In the second, both teams failed to score. Alliance’s bats were also cold in the third while First Central Bank tallied 3 to tie the game. Dixon Bair had a single for the Spartans in the fourth but was stranded. A couple of errors by the Navy team helped McCook take the lead in the bottom of the 4th. FCB used 2 miscues by the Spartans plus a double to score twice. With four frames in the books, Alliance trailed 5 to 3.
Inning 5 saw the momentum stay with McCook. The Spartans went scoreless in the frame while 3 more scores put the Peltz Co deficit at 8 to 3. In the top of the sixth, the Navy squad again failed to get into the scoring column. McCook added to their advantage with one more run to go up 9 to 3 with one inning left to play.
A couple of miscues by First Central Bank aided the Spartans in their last at bat. Israel Garcia reached after an error by McCook and another misplay by FCB got Garcia into scoring position. Salcido was next and his hit scored Garcia with Alliance’s last run. Final FCB 9. Peltz Co 4
Navy 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Mcc 0 0 3 2 3 1 X 9
Five hits for the Spartans one each Devlin, Bair, Salcido, O’Gorman and Rodriguez.