The Aurora Cooperative Junior Legion team concluded its 2018 regular season at 9-9 on July 2 traveling to McCook to take on the McCook Juniors.
McCook was able to rally with 11 runs in the fifth inning to earn a come-from-behind 14-6 victory over Kearney County.
Ben Edgecombe took the loss giving up nine runs on five hits with a strikeout and a walk in one-third of an inning. Braden Bates and Kristian Eiklor were the first two pitchers for AC. Bates went two and two-thirds allowing only one hit while striking out two and Eiklor pitched one and one-third allowing four hits and three runs. Theo Huber came into relieve Edgecombe pitching one-third allowing one hit and one run.
McCook got on the board first with a single run in the bottom of the second to go ahead 1-0.

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