YANKTON – The Aberdeen Smittys came up short to begin their southern road trip.
The Smittys lost a pair of games to Yankton Post 12 in an American Legion baseball doubleheader on Wednesday. Yankton won the first game 3-2 in 10 innings and secured a 10-6 win in the second contest.
Yankton jumped in front in the opener by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the second. The Smittys responded with a one in the fourth inning when Jaiden Smith blasted a solo home run to left, and then tied the game in the top of the seventh on Ethan Kjenstad’s RBI single.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the 10th inning, when Yankton walked it off on a sacrifice fly by Rugby Ryken.
“We had several opportunities in extras to jump out front, but we just failed to capitalize,” said Smittys coach Brandon Kusler.
The Smittys, who received hits from six different players, allowed just four hits in the setback.
Smith, Zane Backous and Drew Salfrank combined to strike out eigh
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