Wayne Newton Post 346 squandered an early lead Thursday night and fell into the losers’ bracket of the American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional in an 8-7 loss to Owensboro, Ky., in eight innings.

Terre Haute scored with two outs in the top of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings and took a 7-6 lead with a run in the top of the eighth.

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