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Baseball begins at Civic Center
Opening-day
Michael Hopkins, right, is all smiles after catching a line drive in center field. Hopkins and the Halls Backhoe Dodgers got their season started with a 13-6 win over the Turner Auto Salvage Cubs. - photo by Jeff Simmons
The outfields were mowed, the chalk lined the infields and the grills were working overtime in the concession stands.It could only mean baseball is back in action at McMinnville Civic Center. Two leagues, the 9-10-year-old boys junior league and 11-12-year-old boys senior league, got underway on Monday night to kick off baseball season in Warren County.Pioneer Pediatric Rays pitcher Dylan Ward threw the first pitch of the season, as the Rays and the Southern Standard Mets were the first on Hoover and Millraney Field for junior league action.The Mets came away with a hard-fought 5-2 win, powered by Brooks Helton. Helton pitched four innings to pick up the win and also starred at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs.