Courtesy of the Fremont Moo
Fremont picks up two wins on the day, defeating the Nebraska Prospects 5-4 and the Bison 5-4.
It was a special two-team, doubleheader on Sunday afternoon as the Moo would face the Nebraska Prospects in game one, and the Bison Baseball Club in game two—both games were seven-inning contests. The Prospects entered with a 7-16 record, the Bison at 0-9, and the Moo at 16-19 with a 6-6 second-half record.
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Game One
The first game of the doubleheader saw the Nebraska Prospects as the Moo’s adversary. The Moo had faced the Prospects ten times leading up to Sunday’s midday battle, and this one was just as good as the others.
The Moo would strike first in the second as 2023 ILB MVP Tyman Long (North Dakota State) would go deep to left, giving the Moo a 1-0 lead. The Prospects scored in the top of the third because of a Moo throwing error, evening the score at one.
The bottom of the third saw the Moo push across two runs. A Tanner Jacobsen (Cloud County) would bring home Bode Joyner to put the Moo back in front. Then, Cooper Fuchino (Creighton) would sacrifice himself to bring home Luke Saxton (MO-St. Louis), making it 3-1 Moo at the end of the third.
Fremont got another run in the fourth, thanks to a Luke Saxton single to right, driving in Nate Wachter from second. The Moo stood in front 4-1 at the end of the fourth.
The Prospects would put up a fight in the fifth and sixth. A two-run home run from Paul Schyuler would pull them within a run of the lead in the fifth. The sixth would see Mike Valdivia lean back and drive a home run over the Moller Monster, tying the game at 4.
It came down to the last at-bat in the seventh. Two walks and a single would load the bases for Luke Saxton. Saxton would drive a grounder through into left, scoring Seve Aguirre (SE Oklahoma State), giving the Moo the 5-4 walk-off win in game one.
Joe Hauser would get the win for the Moo as they would score five (5) runs on nine (9) hits, while committing three (3) errors.
Nikola French would get the loss as the Prospects scored four (4) runs on five (5) hits and committed no errors.
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Game Two
Back to the regularly scheduled series in game two as the Moo faced the Bison Baseball Club. The Bison entered winless on the season while the Moo looked for their third straight win.
The Bison got off to a good start, taking a 3-0 lead at the end of the top of the second, but the Moo answered back in the bottom of the inning. Joshua Hardamon (Midland) would reach on a base hit and steal second, setting up Brayden Jones (Doane), who would drive him home with an RBI single. A few batters later, Caiden Brezinski (Butler) would drive in Jones to cut the deficit down to one, 3-2 at the end of the inning.
Broc Songster (Doane) and Noah Knotts would go toe to toe from then on out. No runs given up from the third through the fifth. Cooper Lucas (East Texas Baptist) would relieve Songster in the sixth and strike out the side to send it to the bottom of the sixth.
Joshua Hardamon would reach on his third hit of the game with one out in the sixth. Hardamon would steal second to set up Brayden Jones. Jones would hammer a pitch into the left-center gap, bringing home Hardamon to tie the game. A batter later, Grant Ryan (Southeast) would drive home Jones with a single to give the Moo a lead. Brezinski would score Ryan on a single to give the Moo some insurance. The scoreboard read 5-3 Moo at the end of the sixth.
Cooper Lucas took the mound in the seventh, looking for his first win of the season. A pair of walks would begin the inning. A wild pitch would move both runners up into scoring position. After securing the first out, ball four to Curtis Lindsey would bring home the runner from third to make it 5-4. Tyler Dunham (Midland) would enter in relief and try to get the final out with the tying run at third. Dunham would get the first batter to ground out and then win it with a strikeout.
The Moo scored five (5) runs on ten (10) hits with two (2) errors. The Bison scored three (3) runs on four (4) hits and had no errors.
Cooper Lucas would obtain his first win of the season, while Noah Knotts would get handed the loss, and Tyler Dunham would get the save.
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Fremont moves to a 18-19 record overall and a 6-6 second-half record. The Prospects move to a 7-17 overall record. The Bison move to a 0-10 overall record.
The Moo are back tomorrow night in game three of the series against the Bison at 7:05.
