Courtesy of the Fremont Moo
Moo won their fourth in a row thanks to Tyman Long’s four-for-four night and Brooks Kneifl’s outstanding game on the mound in a 10-0 over the Bison.
Fremont entered game three of this series looking for their fourth straight win against the Bison. The Moo blew out the Bison 13-0 in game one of the series. Game two was a 5-4 finish that came down to the last batter, with the Moo slamming the door shut with the tying run on third and the go-ahead run on second. Would game three have the action from the games prior?
After Brooks Kneifl (Wayne State) opened the contest with a scoreless first inning, the bats would boom right away. Tyman Long (North Dakota State) would drive home Rocco Geritano (SUSCC) for the first Moo run of the game. A few batters later and with the bases loaded, Bode Joyner (Redwood) would get hit by a pitch that would bring home the second run of the game. At the end of the inning, the Moo would be up, 2-0.
Kneifl would work a clean second inning, allowing the Moo to return to the plate and really jump on the Bison starter, Brian Atkinson. Six runs would score on seven hits for the Moo in the inning. All but two batters would record a hit in the inning, and every hit was a single against Atkinson. The Moo led 8-0 after the inning concluded.
Kneifl would fashion another quick inning, and the Moo would fashion another run. Tyman Long again, this time with an RBI double to pull another run home to score the ninth run of the contest.
Both teams would go scoreless in the fourth, and the Bison would get shut out in the top of the fifth. The Moo would bring a tenth run across in the bottom of the frame with Nate Wachter (South Dakota State) driving in Long to make it 10-0 Moo.
That score would hold as Brooks Kneifl would continue his dominance on the mound. Kneifl would strike out ten batters in total —with his final K to end it— en route to his first complete game shutout of the season, as the Moo secure the 10-0 win in seven innings to get back to an even 19-19 record.
The Moo scored ten (10) runs on fourteen (14) hits and committed one (1) error. The Bison scored no runs on three (3) hits and were perfect defensively.
Kneifl’s fantastic start would earn him the win, while Brian Atkinson would get handed the loss.
Fremont moves to a 19-19 record overall and a 9-6 second-half record. The Bison move to a 0-11 overall record.
The Moo are back tomorrow night in game three of the series against the Bison.
