By Brad Greer

A controversial ending halted the 13-15 year-old American Legion baseball games Thursday night after a player refused to leave the playing field after being ejected from the contest.

The incident occurred during the second inning of the nightcap between the Royals and Yankees. With the Royals leading 5-0, a Yankees player was thrown out of the game for allegedly slamming down and kicking his helmet after being called out at third base. After the player refused to leave the field of play, the home plate umpire called a halt to the game while awarding the Royals a victory.

The Royals scored all five runs in the first on two hits and four Yankee errors. Cameron Brown led off the game with a single and later scored. Three batters later, Pez Magee delivered a RBI single to drive in Hammer Hankins from third base. Cole Rotenberry scored the last run of the inning by racing home on a pair of errors.

Zack Woolfolk added a double while Mason Wilkerson and Wyatt Bailey each singled for the Yankees.
Red Sox 6, A’s 3

In the first game of the day, Gage Aldison’s two-out,  three-run double in the third sparked the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the A’s. Ridge Simmerman led the A’s eight-hit attack with two doubles and a single.

Robert Hentz added two hits which included a two-run single in the second to give the Sox a 3-2 lead.
The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the first when Simmerman led off the game with a single and later scored on Caleb Bryant’’s groundout.

The lead did not last long as the A’s struck for two runs in the bottom half of the inning on Jacob Fennell’s RBI groundout. Trey McGovern later reached on a two-out error and scored on a balk.

The A’s added their last run in the third after two out on three hit batters and a wild pitch. Fennell and Chris Smith contributed singles for the A’s

Lake DuBois and Bryant each registered a single in the victory. Simmerman, Chase Durham, Bryant and Ethan Calvert all saw time on the mound for the Sox.