MITCHELL – Groton received solid pitching, but couldn’t muster quite enough offense in a 2-1 setback to Lennox in the opening round of the Class B State Amateur Baseball Tournament on Friday afternoon.
Groton scored its only run in the top of the second inning when Jonah Schmidt’s one-out double plated Bradin Althoff. Palmer Boyd struck out seven batters in the first three frames of the contest.
Lennox tied the game with a run in the bottom of the sixth, and then produced the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
Groton outhit Lennox 9-6 in the contest.
