Riverside wins wild one at Midway

Monday night at the Midway Community softball field in boys senior league action, Riverside Grocery defeated Grasshopper Lawn Care 17-16.

In the top of the sixth inning down 14-10 Grasshopper sent five runs across the plate after connecting for six hits, to take a 15-14 lead. Riverside tied the game in the bottom of the sixth at 15-15. Grasshopper regained the lead in the top of the seventh off of an error and a double.

But in the bottom of the inning back-to-back hits by the Riverside team had tied the game at 16-16. With two outs and a runner on second Mitchell Young connected for the game-winning hit for Riverside Grocery.

You can watch youth softball at the Midway field every night of the week except Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m. Midway offers leagues for boys and girls ranging in age from 4-19.