Elmore County edges by Benjamin Russell in extras

Andy Anders / The Outlook Benjamin Russell and Elmore County battled into two extra innings on the baseball field Monday, with Elmore County nudging out a 7-6 win.

Benjamin Russell’s bats stayed stagnant outside the first inning Monday, and it was enough to be their undoing against Elmore County in extra innings.

After taking a 4-0 lead to start the game, then a 5-1 advantage in the third inning, the Wildcats surrendered five runs in the fifth and failed to score beyond the sixth in a 7-6 defeat.