An uncharacteristic day in the field led to an unusual result at home for the Aberdeen Smittys on Sunday afternoon. The squad lost their first home games of the season at Fossum Field, falling to top-ranked Harrisburg Gold 6-1 and 6-4 and more than a handful of errors played a key role in the American Legion baseball outcomes. "That’s something too that we talked about," Smittys coach Nathan Gonnelly. "The thing that hurt us today was our defense. A couple of things go our way batting, I mean with the wind today, whatever, everybody is dealing with that, both sides are dealing with that. It was the self-inflicted wounds on defense that really hurt us." The Smittys jumped out to a one-run lead in the first inning of the opener on a sacrifice fly by Casey Vining and were right in the game, trailing 2-1 heading to the seventh thanks to the strong pitching of Phillip Zens. However, an error opened the door for four unearned runs in the frame as the visitors pulled away. "O