Blue Springs Post 499 Fike's Brock Rau strokes a two-run double in the second inning of his team's 11-5 loss to the Ottawa (Kan.) Post 60 Arrows in a pool play game in the American Legion Wood Bat Invitational Thursday at Hidden Valley Park. Photo Credit: David M. Rainey/Special to The Examiner
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net For five innings Thursday, Blue Springs Post 499 Fike was playing the type of baseball manager Matt Hagerty had hoped to…