Battle Ground-based Primetime had to play from behind the entire game Monday, but could not catch the team from Tucson, Ariz., losing 9-4 in its second pool play game at the Senior Babe Ruth baseball World Series in Ephrata.
Primetime is now 0-2 with two games remaining. It needs to finish in the top three of its five-team pool to advance to the single-elimination bracket.
Tucson led 4-1 after two innings and then scored four more runs in the third. Primetime got two back in the top of the fourth, but Tuscon added one more in the sixth.
Isaiah Parker went 2 for 4 with a double and two stolen bases, Jakeb Hammond was 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Alex Brady and Taryn Yarnell each had RBI singles.
Primetime (34-11-1) faces Northern Washington state champ Moses Lake at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
