Cannons win twice in ALB play

SPOKANE — During an unusually quiet week in an otherwise busy time for AAA American Legion play, the West Plains Cannons had just two games, winning both in decidedly different ways 11-0 and 3-2 over the Spokane Northstars, June 4 and 5.

“I don’t think we hit a ball out of the infield in the first inning and we scored six runs,” Cannons Coach Austin Sharp said of the June 4 rout of the Rogers High-based team.

The Cannon’s “small ball” strategy allowed them to open the floodgates early in the first game.

“We’ve always been able to take advantage of them bunting, base, running, doing some differ...